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 ...

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 ...

Hopes for renewed inter-Korean cooperation grew Monday after North Korea's Kumgangsan was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site ...

A mythical birthplace, a political symbol, and the site of one of history’s most powerful eruption. It's all hidden from the ...

South Korea will host the 48th meeting of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee next year in the southern port city of Busan. The committee selected South Korea as host of the ...

A collection of prehistoric rock carvings depicting animals and hunting scenes in southeastern South Korea has been inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site.The UNESCO ...