Unesco Designates

UNESCO added the D-Day landing beaches in Normandy, France—stretching over 80 kilometers of coastline—to its World Heritage List on Sunday, completing a designation effort that began nearly two decades ago. The beaches mark the site where Allied forces launched their June 6, 1944 invasion to...

South Korea is hosting the 48th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, bringing together international experts and policymakers to discuss cultural heritage preservation and cooperation. According to Arirang News, the gathering is addressing emerging challenges in protecting shared heritage, including threats from climate change.

Busan, South Korea hosted the UNESCO World Heritage Committee session in July 2026, bringing together international delegates to evaluate and designate new World Heritage sites, according to Arirang News. The meeting served as the committee's formal annual venue for reviewing candidate sites submitted by member...

Busan is hosting the UNESCO World Heritage Committee meeting for South Korea's first time, with delegates adopting the Busan Declaration to address growing preservation challenges globally. The declaration calls for greater international cooperation on heritage site protection amid mounting pressures from conflict, climate change, and...

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun visited the White House this week to meet with US President Donald Trump, with discussions focused on Hezbollah and regional security concerns, according to Al Jazeera English's Beirut correspondent Zeina Khodr. The US designates Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. Al Jazeera's...

South Korea is hosting the UNESCO World Heritage Committee for the first time, according to an exclusive Arirang News interview with Korean National Commission for UNESCO Secretary-General Hong Hyun-ik. Hong said the meeting reflects Korea's growing leadership within UNESCO. South Korea has been a member...