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Japan to nominate mines for UNESCO list despite South Korean protest

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Japan is set to nominate several mines for consideration as world heritage sites by UNESCO. Move comes despite protests from South Korea that the move is inappropriate as forced laborers were used there in World War Two. South Korea's foreign ministry protested the move, saying Korean laborers were forced to work there during Japan's 1910-1945 colonization of the Korean peninsula.

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Japan to nominate mines for UNESCO list despite South Korean protest

TOKYO - Japan is set to nominate several mines for consideration as world heritage sites by UNESCO, its prime minister said on Friday, despite protests from South Korea that the move is inappropriate as forced labourers were used there in World War Two. Japan's cultural affairs agency selected the gold and silver mines on the island of Sado as candidates for listing by the United

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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Japan to nominate mines for UNESCO list despite South Korean protest

TOKYO -- Japan is set to nominate several mines for consideration as world heritage sites by UNESCO, its prime minister said on Friday, despite protests from South Korea that the move is inappropriate as forced laborers were used there in World War Two. Read More

2 years ago·Canada

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