Korean fermented sauces set to gain Unesco cultural heritage recognition

Korea's tradition of making fermented sauces using soybeans is likely to be added to Unesco's list of intangible cultural heritage.

2024-11-05

Korea calls on Unesco to monitor Japan's compliance on Sado mines

South Korea's foreign minister has asked the UN cultural agency to monitor Japan's compliance with recommendations on a Japanese mine complex, which is associated with Korea's wartime forced labor and was listed as a Unesco World Heritage site.

2024-09-25

Applications open for youth support program from Seventeen and Unesco

Applications for the youth support initiative jointly created by boy band Seventeen and Unesco opened on Monday, in tandem with International Youth Day.

2024-08-13

Korea says Japan rejected request for 'forced' labor description at Sado mines

South Korea's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that the government had requested that the word “forced” be used in the exhibition on the Sado mines, but that Japan had refused.

2024-08-06

Japanese mines registered with Unesco after Seoul, Tokyo agree on history descriptions

The Sado mines, a site associated with the large-scale forced labor of Koreans during Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule of Korea, was registered as a Unesco World Heritage site Saturday.

2024-07-28

Korea, Japan reach tentative agreement on Unesco registration for Sado mines

Korea and Japan tentatively agreed to register the Sado mines linked to forced Korean labor as a Unesco World Heritage site after Japan promised to inform visitors of its full history.

2024-07-26

Seoul denies it asked Tokyo for forced labor memorial at Sado mines

The Korean government refuted recent Japanese media reports alleging that it demanded the installation of a memorial facility for Korean forced laborers at the Sado mines, a site Japan is pushing to be listed as a Unesco World Heritage site.

2024-07-03

Seventeen officially appointed as Unesco goodwill ambassador, to donate $1 million

Boy band Seventeen promised to donate $1 million to help people around the world pursue their dreams as the first K-pop ambassador for the youth in its speech given on Wednesday at Unesco headquarters in Paris.

2024-06-26

Japan’s perennial self-hypnosis on heritage (KOR)

The discussion on the registration of the Sado mine should start with the acknowledgement of the fact that “Koreans were forced to work."

2024-06-13

Japan’s perennial self-hypnosis on heritage