Category: Global Heritage Archive

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Korea Subak Association Submits Traditional Subak Educational Resources to UNESCO-UNEVOC OER Listing

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The Korea Subak Association and the World Subak Federation announced that they recently submitted traditional Subak-related open educational resources (OER) to the UNESCO-UNEVOC TVET OER resource listing. UNESCO-UNEVOC is UNESCO’s international center for technical and vocational education and training (TVET), supporting global educational cooperation, open learning resources, and skills-based education initiatives. According to the association, […]

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Remembering Song Chang-ryeol: Korean War Veteran and Transmitter of the Traditional Korean Martial Art Subak

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(Reporter Kim Min-jeong)= Korean War Veteran Song Chang-ryeol, Successor of Traditional Martial Arts Subak and Ssireum (Mindung) As the 76th anniversary of the Korean War approaches, attention is being drawn to the life and legacy of the late Song Chang-ryeol, a Korean War veteran and traditional transmitter of the Korean martial art Subak. Song Chang-ryeol […]

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Subak and the UNESCO 2003 Convention:

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Documentation, Transmission, and the Safeguarding of Korean Martial Intangible Heritage Abstract This paper examines the relationship between Subak, a traditional Korean martial art, and the safeguarding principles established in the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. Although Subak has not been inscribed on UNESCO’s official lists of intangible cultural heritage, […]

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International Documentation of Subak in the UNESCO-Associated Global Martial Arts Survey:

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Historical Transmission, Indigenous Body Culture, and the Song Chang-ryeol Lineage Abstract This paper examines the international documentation of Subak within the global martial arts survey published by the International Centre of Martial Arts for Youth Development and Engagement under the auspices of UNESCO, a UNESCO Category 2 international institution dedicated to martial arts research and […]

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2006 Korea Sports Council Research Award Winner. The Rebirth of a Lost Korean Combat Tradition.

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This content documents the authentic lineage of Subak, a traditional Korean combat art. In 2006, the historical research on the discovery of Master Song Chang-ryeol (the predecessor) was formally recognized with the Research Award from the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee. Validated by historian Kim Jae-il and featured in a special documentary by EBS (Korea […]

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Preserving Endangered Martial Heritage Through Digital Documentation: The Case of Korean Subak and the Kim Won-bo Footage

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In recent years, researchers and practitioners of traditional Korean Subak have been studying rare historical footage connected to Kim Won-bo, a Korean independence activist during the Japanese colonial period. The footage is important not only as martial arts material, but also as an example of embodied cultural knowledge that risks disappearing across generations. Traditional movement […]

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농구, 문구: '2026 국제 청소년 선수권 대회 유산 스포츠 청소년 미래 청소년을 하나로 모으고, 문화를 기념하며, 더 강한 미래를 함께 만들어 갑니다. 전통을 보존하고, 국제 청소년의 날 기념 선수권 대회를 통해 청소년에게 힘을 실어주고, 국제 청소년의 날을 기념하며, 젊은 선수들이 경쟁하고, 소통하고, 존중, 우정, 그리고 탁월함이라는 가치를 기념하는 글로벌 플랫폼을 제공합니다.' 전통 레슬링 국제 참가 다국적 하나의 정신 청소년 역량 강화 더 강한 유대감 국경을 넘어 문화 교류 날짜 2026년 8월 12일 탁월함 & 공정성 목표 장소 미국 청소년 연령 12-24세 하나의 세계, 하나의 정신, 하나의 챔피언십. 역사의 일부가 되세요.'의 이미지를 찾을 수 있습니다.

The Northern Ssireum World Championship is held every year on August 12 to commemorate International Youth Day, hosted by the International Northern Ssireum Federation, a U.S. public-interest non-profit corporation.