The construction work to build the new Japanese Embassy building in Seoul has resumed after construction was suspended with the discovery of Korean relics, the embassy and South Korea's cultural heritage administration said Sunday.

The Japanese Embassy in Seoul began the construction work in July last year to rebuild its aging embassy building in central Seoul, but the recovery of relics from the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) at the construction site had caused work to be suspended since January.

A subsequent excavation found a total of 39 relics at the site, including eight building sites and a water reservoir from the Joseon Dynasty and four building sites from the early times of Korea's modern era, according to the Japanese Embassy and South Korea's Cultural Heritage Administration.

The heritage administration's cultural properties committee has, however, concluded the relics have little cultural value.

The excavated relics are poorly conditioned and provide little clue to the cultural heritage study, the committee was quoted as saying.

In light of the conclusion, the embassy resumed their construction work recently and is currently in the process of finishing its second-phase demolition work by the end of next month, according to embassy sources. (Yonhap)