South Korea will host its first U.N. World Heritage Convention summit in July 2026 after joining the convention in 1988, ...

South Korea on Tuesday called on UNESCO's heritage oversight body to step in if Japan continues to backtrack on its promise ...

South Korean Ambassador to UNESCO Bak Sang-mee made the call during a session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee (WHC) in ...

For the first time, South Korea will host the annual UNESCO World Heritage Committee meeting, an international gathering that ...

A set of prehistoric rock carvings in southeastern South Korea has been added to Unesco's World Heritage list, a South Korean ...

The 47th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee is underway at UNESCO headquarters in Paris on July 15, 2025. (Yonhap ...

Busan won the bid to host the 48th UNESCO World Heritage Committee meeting, the Korea Heritage Service said early Wednesday, ...

The committee has previously convened in several Asian cities, including Phuket, Thailand (1994); Kyoto, Japan (1998); Suzhou ...

A set of prehistoric rock carvings in southeastern South Korea has been added to UNESCO's World Heritage list, the country's ...

South Korea lost its bid to spotlight Japan’s longstanding failure to fulfill its promise to address its historical ...

South Korea has failed to place Japan’s failure to address colonial-era forced labor at UNESCO-listed Meiji Industrial ...

The UNESCO World Heritage Committee (WHC) on Monday rejected a South Korean proposal calling for a review of Japan's ...