South Korea says listing Japan's Sado mine as World Heritage site likely

South Korea's Foreign Ministry said Friday that the registration of a gold and silver mine complex on Japan's Sado Island as a UNESCO World Heritage site seems likely, as it believes the two countries are reaching a consensus over the site being listed despite its links to wartime forced Korean labor.The positive remark was made by a ministry official and comes against a backdrop of South Korea having argued that laborers from the Korean Peninsula were forced to work at the complex during Japanese colonial rule.The South Korean government has previously raised concerns about listing the sit…READ FULL ARTICLE