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

South Korea will host the 48th annual session of UNESCO's World Heritage Committee next year in the southeastern port city of ...

"Our country's celebrated Mount Kumgang has been listed as a world cultural and natural heritage site," the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported. The report came after the UNESCO World Heritage ...

A total of 26 new sites were added to the UNESCO World Heritage list this year, 21 of which are of cultural importance to ...

“The protection of biodiversity in the [Upper Gulf of California], which includes the vaquita marina and the totoaba, ...

Three locations used by Cambodia’s brutal Khmer Rouge regime as torture and execution sites 50 years ago have been added by ...

UNESCO World Heritage recognition has been given to seven new areas as World Heritage, following IUCN advice. Africa shone ...

The 47th session of the World Heritage Committee opens on Sunday, 6 July 2025, at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France. Over the following 10 days, the Committee will decide which new sites will be ...

Bavaria's fairy-tale royal castles, including Neuschwanstein, Herrenchiemsee and Linderhof, have been added to the UNESCO ...

A new strategy for World Heritage in Ireland aims to increase the number of World Heritage Properties in the country to ...

The collection of ancient rock art becomes the country's second site to receive World Heritage status due to its First ...