1. The Korean and French governments started the digitalization project of 30 volumes of Oe-kyujanggak 
archives located in the France National Library (BNF) in May 2007 and completed the process early this year.

2. Due to highly sophisticated technique and close cooperation between the two countries needed in the 
digitalization process, the Korean government sent delegations to France twice to test and discuss over the 
process of digitalization with the French engineering team.

3. The digitalized archives were delivered to the Korean side on March 14, 2008 in Paris. The Korean and 
the French governments will post the digitalized archives on the websites of the Korean Cultural Heritage 
Administration and the BNF at the end of April for public access.

4. The digitalization project of the Oe-kyujanggak archives is the result of cooperative efforts and continued 
dialogues between Korea and France. The governments of the two countries will discuss whether to continue 
the digitalization of the rest of the Oe-kyujanggak archives and decide on the expansion of the project.

5. Korea and France agreed to continue with the constructive discussions on issues surrounding Oe-
kyujanggak archives.   




                                                              Spokesperson of MOFAT


* unofficial translation