Estab­lished in the 8th cen­tu­ry on the slopes of Mount Toham, the Seokgu­ram Grot­to con­tains a monu…

The sec­ond tourist cen­ter of South Korea after Seoul. It is spread out on the spurs of the Tae­bae…

Found­ed in the 14th-15th cen­turies, Hahoe and Yang­dong are seen as the two most rep­re­sen­ta­tive hi…

Jongmyo is the old­est and most authen­tic of the Con­fu­cian roy­al shrines to have been pre­served. D…

In the ear­ly 15th cen­tu­ry, the King Tae­jong ordered the con­struc­tion of a new palace at an aus­pic…

Sit­u­at­ed in the east­ern Yel­low Sea on the south­west­ern and south­ern coast of the Repub­lic of Kore…

The Tem­ple of Haein­sa, on Mount Gaya, is home to the Trip­i­ta­ka Kore­ana , the most com­plete col­lec…

When the Joseon King Jeongjo moved his father‘s tomb to Suwon at the end of the 18th cen­tu­ry, he …

The pre­his­toric ceme­ter­ies at Gochang, Hwa­sun, and Gangh­wa con­tain many hun­dreds of exam­ples of d…

Jeju Vol­canic Island and Lava Tubes togeth­er com­prise three sites that make up 18,846 ha. It incl…

The Roy­al Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty form a col­lec­tion of 40 tombs scat­tered over 18 loca­tions. …

A nation­al park with peaks ris­ing above the clouds, water­falls, rare birds, and even a 7th-cen­tur…

This used to be the main gate to the main roy­al palace, Gyeong­bok­gung Palace. It dates back to 13…

The cen­tral square in the heart of Seoul with a 600-year his­to­ry, pre­sent­ed to res­i­dents and visi…

Locat­ed in the moun­tain­ous mid-west­ern region of the Repub­lic of Korea, this prop­er­ty com­pris­es e…

The largest seafood mar­ket in Asia. The mar­ket includes a sev­en-sto­ry build­ing with an obser­va­tor…

The best view of the bridge at any time of day is from Gwan­gal­li Beach. In the evening, a beau­tif…

The port is full of seafood restau­rants and dried seafood shops. Nowa­days, most car­go ships and f…

A cres­cent-shaped island that appeared as a result of the con­struc­tion of the Cheong­pyeong Dam. P…

An ancient sanc­tu­ary locat­ed in the cen­ter of Seoul. Zen Bud­dhists come to the tem­ple. In the 14t…

Sit­u­at­ed in the very cen­tre of the city, pre­serv­ing the ancient tra­di­tions of Korea, it has a spe…

Sit­u­at­ed on the north­ern out­skirts of the cap­i­tal of South Korea, Seoul. Being the high­est point …