Korean Culture and Arts Information Network

Conservation of cultural-artistic information. Cultural assets are very important components in ensuring and developing a sense of national identity. However, in spite of this importance, it is difficult to conserve these assets. In the case of performances and non-artefactual cultural assets, information is apt to disappear almost immediately after the initial performance. The same is true of "corporeal" cultural properties, since they are vulnerable to the ravages oftime and the elements. Like other historical resources, the use of an original is extremely limited because ofthe possibility of damage or destruction. Furthermore, the duplication of an original is very often legally prohibited. Furthermore, if an original is destroyed partially or totally, it is almost impossible to recover. Unlike scientific or industrial properties, cultural properties become more valuable with age.