World Heritage Sites
| Site | Image | Location | Criteria | Area ha (acre) |
Year | Description | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Changdeokgung Palace Complex | Seoul | ii, iii, iv | — | 1997 | 816 | ||
| Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites | North Jeolla Province, South Jeolla Province and Incheon | iii | 52ha | 2000 | 977 | ||
| Gyeongju Historic Areas | North Gyeongsang Province | ii, iii | 2880ha | 2000 | 976 | ||
| Haeinsa Temple Janggyeong Panjeon, the Depositories for the Tripitaka Koreana Woodblocks | South Gyeongsang Province | iv, vi | — | 1995 | 737 | ||
| Historic Villages of Korea: Hahoe and Yangdong | North Gyeongsang Province | iii, iv | 600ha | 2010 | 1324 | ||
| Hwaseong Fortress | Gyeonggi Province | ii, iii | — | 1997 | 817 | ||
| Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes | Jeju Province | vii, viii | 9475 ha | 2007 | 1264 | ||
| Jongmyo Shrine | Seoul | iv | 19ha | 1995 | 738 | ||
| Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty | Gyeonggi Province and Seoul | iii, iv, vi | 1891ha | 2009 | 1319 | ||
| Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple | North Gyeongsang Province | i, iv | — | 1995 | 736 |
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