Full-fledged Discussion for the Concrete ASEAN-ROK Cultural Heritage Cooperation

 - The 2nd Working Committee Meeting for ASEAN-ROK Cultural Heritage Cooperation

(May 30-31, Jakarta, Indonesia) -

The Cultural Heritage Administration (Administrator Choi Eung-chon) of the Republic of Korea holds the 2nd Working Committee Meeting for ASEAN-ROK Cultural Heritage Cooperation at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta from May 30(Tue) to 31(Wed) in collaboration with the ASEAN Secretariat and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the ROK.

* ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations): The intergovernmental organization of ten Southeast Asian countries: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam
* ASEAN-ROK Working Committee on Cultural Heritage Cooperation: The inter-governmental committee composed of 24 members of cultural heritage officials from 10 ASEAN Member States, ROK, and the ASEAN Secretariat

This meeting is a follow-up activity of the “ASEAN-ROK Working Committee on Cultural Heritage Cooperation" launched in Seoul in November last year. During the 1st Working Committee Meeting held along with the inauguration ceremony last year, the members of the Committee agreed to cooperate in five pivotal areas, namely 1) promotion of creative cultural industries, 2) capacity building and personal exchanges 3) use of digital technology, 4) cooperation on shared heritage, and 5) disaster risk management.

This year’s 2nd Working Committee Meeting will discuss the future direction of the Committee and several pilot projects including the ‘2023 ASEAN-ROK Youth Metaverse Idea Contest (with Busan IT Industry Promotion Agency)’ and ‘Cooperative projects on ASEAN shared heritage.’

It is expected that the ASEAN-ROK Working Committee on Cultural Heritage Cooperation will establish itself as an operational body that leads cultural heritage cooperation between ASEAN and ROK by carrying out practical cooperative projects as mentioned above.

At this meeting, held in Indonesia to commemorate the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Indonesia and ROK, the Cultural Heritage Administration will lead the discussion on cultural heritage cooperation between ASEAN and ROK through the close cooperation with Indonesia, the Chair of ASEAN this year.

The Cultural Heritage Administration will make efforts to ensure the successful realization of the ‘ASEAN-Korea Solidarity Initiative (KASI)’, announced by the President at the 23rd ASEAN-ROK Summit held in November last year, by implementing several cooperative projects that align with the demands of the ASEAN Member States.