UNESCO Sado Mine Review
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UNESCO's World Heritage Committee finds Japan's explanations of forced labor at the Sado Mine inadequate, requesting more details. Japan has not yet fulfilled its promise to record the full history of Korean forced labor. Meanwhile, Lotte Wellfood will showcase K-snacks at a UNESCO meeting in Busan.
Tashkent modernist buildings added to UNESCO World Heritage list
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Greek Mount Olympus added to UNESCO World Heritage list
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Vienna's historic center removed from UNESCO's endangered World Heritage list
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UNESCO praises Kaunas' progress in protecting modernist heritage
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Unesco adds Mount Olympus, France's D-Day landing beaches to World Heritage List
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