Seoul’s UNESCO Landmark Faces New Threat From High-Rise Redevelopment

SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — As South Korea marks the 30th anniversary of Jongmyo Shrine’s inscription as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, a dispute over urban redevelopment in central Seoul is stirring fears that the Confucian royal shrine could soon find itself on the organization’s endangered list. The 15th-century shrine—dedicated to the kings and queens [...]