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The Killing Fields execution site and two former Khmer Rouge prisons added to Unesco heritage list
The three Cambodian sites’ inscription coincides with the 50th anniversary of the rise to power of the brutal …
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Sake: Japan’s ‘divine gift’ given special status by Unesco
Rice wine enshrined as part of ‘cultural heritage of humanity’ Sake is perhaps more Japanese than the world-fa…
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How a sleepy town in Cambodia won a place on Unsesco’s culinary map
Battambang doesn’t have any Michelin stars but it does have street snacks like crunchy deep-fried bananas and …
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China concerns prompt US move to rejoin Unesco
Return of US ends decade-long dispute sparked by agency’s move to admit Palestine as a memberThe UN’s cultural…
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The story of Malala’s schoolfriend shows why education must be a right for all children | Gordon Brown
As a child, Ramzan’s fight for an education almost cost her her life. Worldwide, there are 222 million childre…
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‘The knowledge of our elders’: India’s living root bridges submitted to Unesco
Meghalaya state hopes for world heritage status for unique bridges, which can take decades to createIndia’s fa…
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Japan and South Korea in row over mines that used forced labour
Seoul furious at Japanese bid for Unesco listing for Sado gold mine complex, which used slave labour in the 19…
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The world on screen: the best movies from Africa, Asia and Latin America
From a Somali love story to a deep dive into Congolese rumba, Guardian writers pick their favourite recent wor…
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Unesco urged not to give heritage status to Thai park amid claims of Indigenous abuses
UN human rights experts decry arrests and evictions of ethnic Karen from Kaeng Krachan national parkUN human r…
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Mongolia is home to the world’s first national park | Letter
Keith Taylor says Yellowstone in the US is not the first national park to have been establishedIn your article…
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‘An example to many’: journalist Maria Ressa wins Unesco press freedom prize
Ressa has been subject to sustained campaign of gendered online abuse and has been targeted by Philippine lead…
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Traditional Thai massage gains Unesco heritage status
Practice of nuad Thai, which has gained global recognition, is added to Unesco’s ‘intangible cultural heritage…