In order to apply for registration of a property as a cultural or natural heritage of UNESCO, an application for the UNESCO Tentative List should be submitted first.

After full deliberation by the Cultural Properties Committee, the Office of Cultural Properties of Korea selects the heritage.

Submission of three sets of the application in English following the prescribed form and of additional materials (photographs, slides, videotape, etc.)

Non-governmental organizations, such as the International Council of Monuments Sites (ICOMOS) or the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), dispatches experts on the nation concerned and makes evaluation after site evaluation.

• - World Cultural Heritage: ICOMOS
• - World Natural Heritage: IUCN

The steering committee of the World Heritage Committee (WHC) examines the result of the first evaluation and makes one of the four following responses to the WHC:

• - An unconditional recommendation that the heritage concerned be registered on the World Heritage List
• - A recommendation that the WHC not register the heritage concerned
• - Return of the application for the property concerned to the secretary general of WHC for additional material
• - A request for further time to study the application

The secretary general of WHC mails the report and evaluation made by the steering committee and requests any additional material needed from the country which applied for the heritage concerned. The secretary general of WHC requests the 21 member countries and ICOMOS to examine the submitted material and documentation.

The final deliberation, decision, and promulgation of the submitted heritage concerned takes place in the General Assembly of WHC.