In this regard, an official of the National Authority for the Protection of Cultural Heritage, said:

The DPRK government has established disciplined system for protection of intangible heritages, paying deep attention to discovering them.

Among those registered as national intangible heritages are folk song "Arirang", "Method of Making Kimchi", "Ssirum" (Korean wrestling) etc.

"Arirang" was already listed as one of world intangible heritages.