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Thank you for visiting National Archives of Korea website, where information gathers, history breathes, and future is foreseen.
Korea has a longstanding tradition of record keeping as evident
in the documentary heritage listed in the Memory of the World Register such as the Annals of Joseon Dynasty, Hunmin Jeongeum manuscript, Seungjeongwon
Ilgi (the diaries of the royal secretariat), Buljo Jikji Simche Yojeol (the second volume of Anthology of Great Buddhist Priests), Printing woodblocks of the Tripitaka Koreana and miscellaneous Buddhist scriptures, and the Uigwe (the royal protocols of the Joseon Dynasty). However, such a tradition has been weakened through periods of cultural disruption; i.e., Japanese rule, Korean War, and military-led governments.
In a bid to build on the brilliant traditions of the past, we have been stepping up our training and consulting efforts and taking measures to enhance the archival infrastructure: the implementation of an electronic records management system working in line with the On-Nara business processing system, the collection of private records within and outside the country, and the construction of Nara Repository Seongnam.
The National Archives of Korea aims at the service-oriented organization that provides the public with a variety of access to the archives accumulated and preserved. We build online content database by subjects using the archival resources over two million volumes. We also open regular cultural classes and hold special exhibitions of archives in order to familiarize the people with the National Archives and archival culture.
Archives are a powerful tie between the past, the present and the future.
As individual documents comprise family history, so do public documents comprise national history.
Therefore, I believe all citizens shall bear the significance of archival culture in their daily life.
I will be glad to have your constant support and advice.
Thank you.
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