Bavarian palaces, imperial tombs in China and memorials to Khmer Rouge victims are among the sites being recognized by the ...

All of the new places added to the list this year have “outstanding universal value” and meet at least one out of 10 ...

Murujuga is Australia’s 21st world heritage property, but only the second property listed exclusively for its Indigenous ...

UNESCO has added 26 new locations to its World Heritage List, bringing the total to 1,248 sites recognized globally for their ...

South Korea will host its first U.N. World Heritage Convention summit in July 2026 after joining the convention in 1988, ...

The 47th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee is underway at UNESCO headquarters in Paris on July 15, 2025. (Yonhap ...

A strenuous lobbying effort to overturn the UN’s initial rejection of the listing mustered support from countries that are ...

Four new African sites entered the UNESCO World Heritage List, bringing the total number to 112. This year, two African ...

In 2022, the Macao World Heritage Monitoring Centre was established, equipping the city with over 170 environmental sensors.

Bavaria's fairy-tale royal castles, including Neuschwanstein, Herrenchiemsee and Linderhof, have been added to the UNESCO ...

Three locations used by Cambodia’s brutal Khmer Rouge regime as torture and execution sites 50 years ago have been added by ...

A total of 26 new sites were added to the UNESCO World Heritage list this year, 21 of which are of cultural importance to ...