The Cultural Heritage Administration (Chief Eung-Cheon Choi), together with ‘Riot Games Korea (Korea Representative Hyuk-Jin Cho)’, a global online game development and service company, a cultural heritage protection agreement company, held a The 2022 sponsorship ceremony was held at the Auditorium (Gangnam-gu, Seoul).
Riot Games has been continuing social contribution activities in the field of cultural assets for more than 10 years since signing the Cultural Heritage Protection Agreement in 2012 to vitalize the conservation management and utilization of cultural heritage. An additional 800 million won will be provided for sponsorship and cooperation projects such as support for experiential education and support for exhibitions of relics purchased urgently in Korea. Combined with this sponsorship, the total amount of sponsorship for cultural heritage guardians sponsored by Riot Games is approximately KRW 7.7 billion (accumulated current: 7.67 billion, from 2012 to 2022), which is the largest among cultural heritage guardian agreement companies.
Over the past 10 years, Riot Games has ▲ employees’ volunteer activities, ▲ Joseon Buddhist painting ‘Seokga Samjondo’ and ‘Crown Prince Hyomyeong’s bamboo book’, ‘Cheonghwa Palace’ and ‘White porcelain Donggungmyeong Square’, ‘Cheogam’s collection of books’ bookshelves, and royal relics. Contributing to the domestic return of overseas cultural assets such as the ‘White Porcelain Donggung Myeong Square’, royal relics ‘Junghwa Palace’, and Joseon Dynasty relics ‘Borok’, ▲ Support for exhibition hall facilities for the original restoration project of the Korean Imperial Legation in the United States, ▲ ‘Seoul Literary Shrine and Sungkyunkwan’ Improvement of information boards for cultural properties and support for 3D digital archival records, ▲ Preservation treatment of ‘Nobu’, a royal relic of the National Palace Museum of Korea, and support for expansion and renovation of visitor convenience facilities and educational facilities ▲ Maintenance of modern cultural heritage ‘Ideal House’ ▲ Intangible Support for transmission of cultural assets ▲ Various sponsorships in the field of preservation and management of cultural assets, such as support for management equipment for royal tombs and palaces of the Joseon Dynasty.
In addition, in application fields, ▲ support for youth cultural heritage experiential education, ▲ sponsorship of the 70th anniversary of liberation special exhibition and exhibition of contents utilizing the palace culture of Changgyeonggung, ▲ production of a 3D digital archetype and promotional video for ‘Korean Confucian Academy’, ▲ support for a special exhibition of Kim So-wol’s poetry collection as a registered cultural asset , ▲ Support for youth internships and job start-up center remodeling of cultural heritage-type social enterprises at the University of Traditional Culture and ▲ Support for World Heritage video production and publicity, etc. We are continuing various cultural heritage preservation activities. Received the Presidential Citation.
Riot Games’ participation and sponsorship of cultural heritage guardians is an exemplary case of contributing to cultural heritage protection and spreading social contribution to cultural heritage.
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