{"id":170778,"date":"2026-07-03T12:57:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T19:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=170778"},"modified":"2026-07-03T12:57:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T19:57:07","slug":"g-dragon-named-ambassador-for-unesco-world-heritage-committee-in-busan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/g-dragon-named-ambassador-for-unesco-world-heritage-committee-in-busan\/","title":{"rendered":"G-Dragon named ambassador for UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Busan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>G-Dragon<\/strong> has been named honorary ambassador for the 48th session of the <strong>UNESCO World Heritage Committee<\/strong>, which will take place in Busan from July 19, 2026, to July 29, 2026. The Korea Heritage Service announced his official appointment, expressing that the rapper and KPop star was selected because of his worldwide influence, his contributions to culture and the arts, and his efforts to raise awareness about important social issues through creative projects. As part of his new role as ambassador, G-Dragon will participate in promotional campaigns encouraging people to protect World Heritage sites and spread the message of peace through culture and public participation.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">G-Dragon has been appointed as an Honorary Ambassador for the UNESCO World Heritage Committee.  <\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The government agency said the appointment recognizes the singer&#39;s global influence beyond K-pop, his contributions to culture and the arts, and his efforts to address social\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QOMnpGvS5d\">pic.twitter.com\/QOMnpGvS5d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pop Core (@TheePopCore) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheePopCore\/status\/2073103744892621020?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 3, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>One of his first activities following his appointment will be supporting the Heritage in Peace campaign, which launches on July 10, 2026, in partnership with UNESCO. The campaign invites citizens, businesses, and cities to help preserve important cultural sites around the world. Donations collected through the initiative will be directed to the World Heritage Fund, which helps protect landmarks threatened by armed conflict, climate change and natural disasters. The &#8220;Power&#8221; hitmaker will also appear in promotional videos and campaign events throughout the project.<\/p>\n<p>This appointment adds another international role to the singer&#8217;s career. In 2025, he served as an ambassador for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Gyeongju, and he also graced the event with a performance during the gala dinner. The upcoming UNESCO committee meeting marks an important moment, as it is the first time South Korea has hosted the event since joining the World Heritage Convention in 1988. Officials hope G-Dragon&#8217;s participation will encourage greater public interest in peace through culture and participation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>G-Dragon has been named honorary ambassador for the 48th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, which will take place in Busan from July 19, 2026, to July 29, 2026. The Korea Heritage Service announced his official appointment, expressing that the rapper and KPop star was selected because of his worldwide influence, his contributions to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":170824,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16,7],"tags":[1041],"class_list":["post-170778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-kpop","category-news","tag-g-dragon"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170778"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":170826,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170778\/revisions\/170826"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}