Bookplates Return: Chae Je-gong & Song Si-yeol Artifacts in U.S. After 50 Years

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Three bookplates from the late Joseon Dynasty exported in the 1970s







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Commercialization after theft or loss, including 2 items registered as UNESCO Memory of the World Heritage Administration: “We will find additional cases of purchases and exports by Americans and encourage their return.”











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A collection of works by a Confucian scholar in the late Joseon Dynasty and an anti-Japanese volunteer soldier is returning to his home country 50 years after he went to the United States. Photo = National Heritage Administration






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