South Korea's President Yoon announces the creation of a new cooperation officer to help protect Buddhist heritage.

South Korean President Yoon Seo-gyeol announced on the 30th that a new position of Religious Heritage Cooperation Officer will be established within the National Heritage Agency, which will be reorganized in May, in order to systematically and efficiently protect Buddhist heritage. So
President Yoon attended the ``Great Buddhist Celebration for the Nation and People on the New Year of 2568 B.C.'' held in Gangnam-gu, Uru City.He said, ``At the root of Korean culture is the proud Korean Buddhism.'' korean tradition
"I will do my best to ensure that our culture and cultural heritage are completely passed down from generation to generation." President Yun announced that the Traditional Temples Preservation and Support Act, which has been a long-awaited goal of the Buddhist community for 40 years, will be passed.
``I am interested in this and would like to directly consider it,'' he said. This law will enable the proper inheritance of Buddhist cultural heritage.
President Yoon also said, ``Buddha's teachings have always been a lamp that guided the path of the Korean people,'' and ``The Korean government's spirit of welfare for the weak is also reflected.''
"This is in accordance with the great will of the Buddha," he said. He highly praises the Buddhist community's efforts to protect the people's mental health, saying, ``The government is also working on the people's mental health as a national agenda.
"If the government and the Buddhist community work together, we will be able to achieve even greater results." On this day, President Yoon also participated in the floating of lanterns to pray for the happiness of the people.
This day's events included chief monks and laypeople from various sects in the Buddhist world, Yoon Jae-ok, leader of the ruling party People's Power, and Ju Ho-young.
) Members of the ruling and opposition parties, including Chairman of the National Assembly Jeonggak-hwa, Yoo In-cheon, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Han Hwa-jin, Minister of Environment, Park Sang-woo, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, and Oh Se-hoo, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
Seoul Mayor Ng (Ou Se-hun) and others attended.