When Stonehenge-like megaliths in Brittany, a rainforest filled with cathedral-height caves, and an ancient palace that inspired Disney are all on the list of newly inscribed UNESCO World Heritage ...

Behind the scenes of his sensational filmmaking life, Forest Whitaker is directing a utopian pilot project aimed at fostering ...

UNESCO has added 26 new locations to its World Heritage List, bringing the total to 1,248 sites recognized globally for their ...

Bavarian palaces, imperial tombs in China and memorials to Khmer Rouge victims are among the sites being recognized by the ...

The presidential office on Wednesday welcomed a decision to name South Korea as host of the 48th annual session of UNESCO's ...

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

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

South Korea fails to bring Japan’s forced labour issue to fore at UNESCO The outcome was marked by tense negotiations with Tokyo and behind-the-scenes efforts to rally international support, ...

Since 2023, the UNESCO and Japan Funds-in-Trust project Safeguarding World Heritage Site Archives in South-East Asia has supported pilot reforms at Ayutthaya, Koh Ker in Cambodia, and Borobudur in ...

South Korea's southeastern port city of Busan has been chosen as the country's official candidate to host the annual UNESCO meeting on world heritage next year, the Korea Heritage Service said Monday.

Six Americans were detained Friday in South Korea for trying to send 1,600 plastic bottles filled with rice, miniature Bibles, $1 bills and USB sticks toward North Korea by sea, police said.The ...