{"id":27476,"date":"2026-06-04T13:29:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T04:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mhjn.dothome.co.kr\/?p=27476"},"modified":"2026-06-04T13:29:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T04:29:02","slug":"a-historic-breakthrough-safeguarding-the-endangered-physical-culture-of-kaesong-through-oral-history-of-a-94-year-old-elder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mhjn.dothome.co.kr\/en\/a-historic-breakthrough-safeguarding-the-endangered-physical-culture-of-kaesong-through-oral-history-of-a-94-year-old-elder\/","title":{"rendered":"A Historic Breakthrough: Safeguarding the Endangered Physical Culture of Kaesong Through Oral History of a 94-Year-Old Elder"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mhjn.dothome.co.kr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\uc774\uc0c1\uc7402.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27477\" style=\"width:598px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">World Subak Federation and Soongsil University Research Team Announce the Success of &#8220;The 2026 Kaesong Intangible Physical Heritage Urgent Safeguarding Project&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Global Heritage News] A critical chapter of northern Korean cultural heritage, which faced immediate risk of permanent loss due to the geopolitical division of the Korean Peninsula, has been dramatically rescued and documented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The World Subak Federation (President Han Sung-ho) officially announced the successful completion of a comprehensive field documentation project. The initiative successfully recorded the oral histories, traditional knowledge, and physical demonstrations of Elder Lee Sang-eun, a 94-year-old Kaesong-born community member, illuminating the traditional martial and physical culture of the historical Kaesong region during the early 20th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stepping beyond the scope of a typical martial arts demonstration, this academic milestone was accomplished under the strict framework of <strong>&#8220;The 2026 Kaesong Intangible Physical Heritage Urgent Safeguarding Project.&#8221;<\/strong> To ensure international credibility and academic rigor, the project was structured through a collaborative governmental, academic, and institutional research alliance:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Organizer:<\/strong> Kaesong History, Culture and Arts Research Institute (operating under the Five Northern Korean Provinces Administration of the Republic of Korea)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Principal Investigator:<\/strong> PhD Research Fellow, Soongsil University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Field Researcher:<\/strong> Song Jun-ho (World Subak Federation)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the extensive video-recorded interviews, Elder Lee provided priceless, firsthand testimonies regarding the vivid practices of &#8220;Subak&#8221; (traditional striking), &#8220;Mindung Ssireum&#8221; (the historical, beltless variant of northern Korean wrestling), traditional archery, and &#8220;Seokjeon&#8221; (stone-throwing communal games) as practiced in pre-war Kaesong. Field Researcher Song Jun-ho, whose authoritative publications on Subak are formally catalogued within the official Kaesong Archive, led the technical verification of the recorded physical movements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Documenting and digitally preserving the memories of a 94-year-old elder after eight decades of national division represents a textbook example of &#8216;Urgent Safeguarding Measures&#8217; strongly encouraged by the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Convention,&#8221; stated the research team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moving forward, the World Subak Federation will integrate these exclusive oral history videos and data sets into its global platform at <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/subak.lovable.app\/\">https:\/\/subak.lovable.app\/<\/a>. Furthermore, the research papers will be published on <strong>Zenodo<\/strong>, the global open-science repository, securing an international Digital Object Identifier (DOI) to firmly establish the global authority and academic legitimacy of Kaesong&#8217;s physical heritage in the international community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oDe1TtI2fxE\">(\uc99d\uc5b8)\uc65c\uc815\ub54c \uac1c\uc131 \ubb34\uc608,\ubbfc\uc18d\ub180\uc774,\uadfc\ub300\uc2a4\ud3ec\uce20,\uac1c\uc131\ucd9c\uc0dd 94\uc138 \uc778\ud130\ubdf0,3\uc6d4 21\uc77c,\uac1c\uc131\uc2dc\ubbfc\ud68c \ubd80\uc124 \uac1c\uc131\uc5ed\uc0ac\ubb38\ud654\uc5f0\uad6c\uc18c \uc8fc\uad00 #\ubbf8\uc218\ubcf5\uacbd\uae30\ub3c4\ubb34\ud615\uc720\uc0b0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/subak.lovable.app\">https:\/\/subak.lovable.app<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Subak Federation and Soongsil University Research Team Announce the Success of &#8220;The 2026 Kaesong Intangible Physical Heritage Urgent Safeguarding Project&#8221; Global Heritage News] A critical chapter of northern Korean cultural heritage, which faced immediate risk of permanent loss due to the geopolitical division of the Korean Peninsula, has been dramatically rescued and documented. 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