Joseon Dynasty painting finishes 15-month makeover before heading back to Germany Late-Joseon painting "The Joyous Banquet of Guo Ziyi" underwent a 15-month conservation makeover in Korea and was shown to the press before returning to its home museum in Germany. 2024.3.11
Empty borok case, now back in Korea, leaves much to the imagination An old reddish box was placed under the spotlight for local reporters to take photographs of at the Korea House on Wednesday. The Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) and the Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation were able to bring back ... 2022.7.28
Gilt-bronze phoenix padlock uncovered for first time in Korea A unique gilt-bronze phoenix padlock of the Unified Silla (668-935) has been excavated from the lower layer of the Hwangnyong Temple site in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang, the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) announced Wednesday. According to ... 2020.11.25
![The final look of 'The Joyous Banquet of Guo Ziyi,” a late-Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) painting in the collection at Grassi Museum of Ethnology in Leipzig, Germany, after its conservation work in Korea. [OVERSEAS KOREAN CULTURAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12301974.jpg?imageId=12301974&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Borok is an outer case that was used to store a royal seal known as eobo, which was produced for the occasion of the bestowal of an honorific title or posthumous name on a king or queen of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910). The above borok returned to Korea from the United States early this month. [CULTURAL HERITAGE ADMINISTRATION]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11633726.jpg?imageId=11633726&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![A gilt-bronze phoenix padlock of the Unified Silla (668-935) period has been recently excavated in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang. [CULTURAL HERITAGE ADMINISTRATION]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11635145.jpg?imageId=11635145&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)