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The objective of this study is to compare policy networks on the utilization of cultural heritages by Korean local governments. For this study two cases of policy networks on the utilization of cultural heritages; one from the case of the utilization of a prehistoric site at Yeoncheon, Gyeonggi Province and the other from that of ancient dolmen site at Hwasun, Jeollanam Province. Yeoncheon’s utilization of the prehistoric site turned into a successful Yeoncheon Jeongok-ri Paleolithic Festival, while Hwasun Dolmen Festival using the dolmen site turned out to be an unsuccessful utilization of cultural heritage. I examined the two cases of the utilization policies of cultural heritages by employing the policy network framework. The main findings of the study are as follows : While Yeoncheon had strong incentive structure, Hwasun lacked any of such incentive structure. In Yeoncheon Jeongok-ri Paleolithic Festival case, the key actors such as Yeoncheon local government, Gyeonggi provincial government and archeology circle were actively exchanged the resources and kept the cooperative relationship in tact from the beginning to the end. Yet, in the case of Hwasun Dolmen Festival, Hwasun local government was the only actor and none of any support from the public, the local business, bureaucrats of the local government, and the archeology circle in the region so that it was unable to make the festival keep going when the government leadership was changed by the local election. It might be argued with the findings of the study that the successful utilization of cultural heritage depends on policy environments, which would induce to activate an incentive structure for the region and more importantly on the cooperation among key stakeholders of cultural heritage such as local government and cultural heritage experts.