Summary
- South Korea’s foreign ministry will decide whether to approve Japan’s listing of its mine complex as a UNESCO World Heritage site based on how Japan addresses its wartime forced labor history.
- Japan’s Sado gold and silver mines are being considered for UNESCO inscription, but South Korea insists on the full reflection of the site’s history of forced labor.
- South Korea is one of the rotating members of the World Heritage Committee and will continue to push for the inclusion of the history of forced labor at the Sado mines.
- The decision on the Sado mine application will be made at a meeting in New Delhi in July.
