KBS Apologizes for Damage to UNESCO World Heritage Site During Drama Filming
Jan 03, 2025
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KBS said on the 3rd that it is sorry for the damage to cultural assets during the filming of the drama 『Namju's First Night』 at Byeongsan Seowon located in Andong, North Gyeongsang Province," he apologized.
KBS dispatched the head of the drama center and the executive producer to Byeongsan Seowon in Andong today to find out about the situation on the spot, and confirmed that they put new nails and fixed them to hang props from about 10 existing nail marks"There were about 10 places where the production team put nails, including 8 pillars of Byeongsanseowon Confucian Academy and 2 pillars of Dongjae, which are not related to the photos of the "Mandaeru Pillar Nails" reported by some media."
"Even if there is an existing nail mark, I apologize for this matter as the act of applying pressure by adding a new nail constitutes damage to cultural properties."," he apologized.
KBS said "During the filming process, the production team was reviewed in advance by Byul Yusa, the manager of Byeongsan Seowon, and we began filming under the presence of Byul Yusa."KBS will humbly accept the results while watching the police investigation and the investigation of Andong City and the National Heritage Administration. In addition, we will actively cooperate with the restoration of the damaged parts in the future" he said.
"We will provide training to drama outsourcing producers to promote the valuable value of Byeongsanseowon, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and strengthen management and supervision in the future," he said.
Meanwhile, Andong City said on the 2nd that the KBS drama filming team has confirmed that it left five nail marks on the wooden pillar of Mandeoru on December 30 last year to hang six prop model lanterns and is considering legal measures such as accusation. The nail marks are known to be 2~3mm thick and 1cm deep each.
In response, Andong City immediately stopped filming the drama, and KBS issued an official position and apologized, saying, `We sincerely apologize for causing concern to the viewers.'
In particular, according to the Gyeongbuk Police Agency on the 3rd, a complaint titled 'KBS Drama Shooting Team's Damage to Cultural Properties was also received at around 0:02 a.m. on the same day.
▶ Hereinafter, KBS's official entrance full text
KBS apologizes for damaging cultural assets during the filming of the drama "Namju's First Night" at Byeongsan Seowon in Andong-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do.
KBS dispatched the head of the drama center and the executive producer to Byeongsan Seowon in Andong today (3rd) to find out the situation on the spot and confirmed that it put new nails and fixed them to hang props in about 10 existing nail marks.
There were about 10 places where the production team put nails, including 8 pillars of Byeongsanseowon Confucian Academy and 2 pillars of Dongjae, which are not related to the pictures of the "Mandaeru pillar nails" reported by some media.
Even if there is a nail mark in the past, we apologize for this matter as the act of applying pressure by adding a new nail constitutes damage to cultural properties.
However, during the filming process, the production team was reviewed in advance by Byul Yusa, who manages Byeongsan Seowon, and we began filming under the presence of Byul Yusa.
KBS will humbly accept the results while watching the police investigation and the investigation of Andong City and the National Heritage Administration. We will also actively cooperate with the restoration of the damaged part in the future.
The drama outsourcing production company will provide education to promote the valuable value of Byeongsanseowon, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and strengthen management and supervision in the future.
With this issue, KBS will make guidelines to prevent the same from happening. The guidelines will include asking for advice from cultural property experts or filming under the presence of experts when filming at cultural properties, historic sites, and historic sites.
Once again, I would like to apologize for causing great concern and disappointment to the people due to the damage to cultural properties that took place during the filming of the drama, and we will actively cooperate with the investigation of investigative agencies and related agencies.
January 3, 2025
KBS
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