UNESCO adds Japan's Sado mine site to World Heritage list

UNESCO decided Saturday to add a gold and silver mine complex on Sado Island in Japan to its World Heritage list after a last-minute agreement from South Korea, which had opposed its listing, claiming the site is linked to wartime forced labor of Koreans.UNESCO's World Heritage Committee unanimously decided during a meeting in New Delhi to inscribe the mine complex after Tokyo vowed to provide explanations at the site about the harsh wartime labor involved, bringing the total number of Japan's World Heritage sites to 26.Japan told the committee that it is committed to efforts "to sincerely …READ FULL ARTICLE