Korea is a country rich with world heritage properties. In particular, Korea invented the movable metal type in the 13th century and prides itself on being a country that values intellectual property.

The French culture minister has said she will actively consider lending "Jikji," the world's oldest existing metal-printed book made in ancient Korea, for exhibitions in South Korea, Culture Minister ...

Not-for-profit civic organization Voluntary Agency Network of Korea said Sunday its campaign to petition a website to recognize Jikji Simche Yojeol as the oldest book with movable metal type in the ...

The world's oldest existing metal movable type book, 'Jikji Simche Yojeol' (直指心體要節, hereafter Jikji), has been revealed to the public for the first time in about half a century. The National Library ...

The oldest known work printed on a mechanical press -- a Korean book that predates the first European example by several decades -- went on display in Paris for the first time in 50 years on Wednesday ...

Also known as Jikji (other names are Jikji simche yojeol, Jikji simche, Jikji simgyeong), this volume contains the essentials of Zen Buddhism compiled by the Baegun in the late Goryeo period and was ...

The National Library of Indonesia received the 2024 UNESCO/Jikji Memory of the World Prize for the preservation and accessibility of Indonesian manuscripts through various programs. UNESCO said that ...

UNESCO is now receiving nominations for the 9th edition of the UNESCO/Jikji Memory of the World Prize. Member States, in consultation with their National Commissions, as well as international ...

Traveling to the French National Library to see Jikji the worlds oldest movable metal type book printed in Korea a Canadian David Redman discovers no one knows anything about the book printed in Korea ...

Jikji is the world's oldest extant book printed with movable metal type. A proud item of Korean cultural heritage, the book was inscribed in 2001 on UNESCO's Memory of the World Register.... Our new ...

The Prize was created to commemorate the inscription of the Buljo jikji simche yojeol – the oldest known book of moveable metal print in the world – on the Memory of the World International Register.