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Gov’t Retracts Application For Ancient Wall To Be Listed on UNESCO Heritage Site

Gov’t Retracts Application For Ancient Wall To Be Listed on UNESCO Heritage Site

SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government scraped a plan to put an ancient wall built in 1396 on the list of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Cultural Heritage Foundation (CHA) said Tuesday. The decision came after the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), an advisory group to UNESCO, ruled [...]