Seoul eyes joint UNESCO bid with Pyongyang to list taekwondo as shared heritage

SEOUL -- South Korea aims to join forces with North Korea to seek UNESCO recognition for the traditional martial art of taekwondo as a shared intangible cultural heritage, officials said Monday.The Cultural Heritage Committee, an advisory body to the Korea Heritage Service (KHS), has selected taekwondo as the next candidate for a joint or expanded inscription on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity during a recent meeting, according to the KHS."We plan to submit an application to the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguard of the Intangible Cu…READ FULL ARTICLE