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UNESCO Committee to Urge Japan to Carry Out Recommendations on Wartime Forced Labor

SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A UNESCO committee will adopt a decision next week calling for Japan to live up to its promise to honor forced labor victims at an information center on industrial revolution sites registered on the World Heritage list, an official said Monday. The World Heritage Committee (WHC) is expected to [...]

Japan Negligent in Carrying Out UNESCO Recommendations on Wartime Forced Labor

SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Japan remains negligent in carrying out UNESCO recommendations that the country offer correct accounts of wartime forced labor when describing the history of industrial sites recognized as World Heritage, an official said Friday. When the 23 Meiji-era industrial sites won the World Heritage recognition in 2015, Japan promised to [...]