National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage to distribute KakoTalk emoticons for free

▲ This photo, provided by the National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, shows the KakaoTalk emoticons of "Koryongi and Kobuki's Thousand Years of love." (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

SEOUL, July 19 (Yonhap) --The National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage is distributing KakaoTalk emoticons for free from July 19 till August 2 to inform the documentary heritage of "Geumseokmun."

Geumseokmun is a character engraved on stone or metal, and most of them are engraved on tombstones in Korea.

The emoticons of "Koryongi and Kobuki's Thousand Years of Love" distributed, is a modern reinterpretation of the traditional patterns of dragons and tortoises carved on the tombstone in the hope that the contents of the inscription will last forever.

There are 16 types of emoticons, and one will be able to download them by adding the"'Cultural Heritage Administration" KakaoTalk channel.

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