— Overview
The notes record the 2015 inscription, and they stop at exchange among Korea, China, and Japan, and the spread of Buddhism.
— Contents and key concepts
The fourth of July, 2015
On 4 July 2015, the notes begin, the 39th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, meeting in Germany, finally passed the inscription of the Baekje Historic Areas, and the Areas became Korea’s twelfth World Heritage property.
Until then, they write, the Areas had already been given considerable value in Korean historical study, for Baekje’s archaeological remains, for a distinctive beauty of architecture, and for the light they throw on exchange at the time among Korea, China, and Japan.
A wider reappraisal
UNESCO, which designates and protects cultural, natural, and mixed properties of outstanding historical value around the world, now recognized the Baekje Historic Areas as world cultural heritage, and that value and meaning, the notes say, are being reappraised on a larger scale.
Exchange, building, and the spread of Buddhism
What makes the Areas archaeologically valuable, they add, is that the buildings and objects found there are plain evidence of exchange among the kingdoms of Korea, China, and Japan at the time, and tell both how building technique developed and how Buddhism spread through Northeast Asia.
The notes leave the inscription at that reason, before a later, unfinished turn to a main discussion. The same Korean report, at fuller length, is on CampusDown.
Sources
- The notes, a student reading of the Baekje Historic Areas’ inscription on 4 July 2015, at the 39th World Heritage Committee in Germany: Korea’s twelfth World Heritage property, valued for remains, architecture, and exchange among Korea, China, and Japan, and for the spread of Buddhism in Northeast Asia.
Last updated: 15 November 2026
Frequently asked questions
What date and decision do the notes record?
On 4 July 2015, at the 39th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Germany, the Baekje Historic Areas passed the inscription review and became Korea’s twelfth World Heritage property.
Why, in the notes, had the Areas already been valued?
For archaeological remains, for distinctive architecture, and for the light they throw on exchange at the time among Korea, China, and Japan. That value, they write, had already been recognized in Korean historical study.
Where do they stop?
UNESCO, which lists cultural, natural, and mixed properties of outstanding historical value, now recognized the Areas, and that value, they say, is being reappraised more widely. Archaeologically they matter, the notes add, because the buildings and objects found there plainly show exchange among the kingdoms of Korea, China, and Japan, and tell the development of building technique and the spread of Buddhism in Northeast Asia. They stop there.
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