යුනෙස්කෝව විසින් 'ආරිරං' ලෝක 'අස්පර්ශීය සංස්කෘතික උරුමයක්' ලෙස 2012 දී නම් කළේය. 'ආරිරං' මෙම ලැයිස්තුවට ඇතුළත් වන 15 වන කොරියානු සංස්කෘතිකාංගයයි.
The Korean folk song Arirang was inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, according to the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA). The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage decided to add Arirang to the list of intangible cultural heritage.
Source: http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Culture/view?articleId=104133
[Picture: Traditional Korean folk song master Lee Chun-hee]