Korea to host 2026 UNESCO World Heritage Committee session in Busan

Korea has officially been named host of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee's 48th session, planned for July next year. The selection was announced Tuesday (local time) during the committee's 47th session in Paris. This global gathering dedicated to the inscription and preservation of humanity’s shared heritage worldwide, will take place in 2026, in the southeastern coastal city of Busan. This is the first time Korea will host the session since the committee’s inception in 1977. Past Asian host cities include Thailand’s Phuket in 1994, Japan’s Kyoto in 1998, China’s Suzhou in 2004 and Cambodia’s Phnom Penh in 2013. Korea will lead the coordination of the committee’s work during the 2026 session, overseeing the schedule of meetings and managing procedural arrangements that shape the course of the gathering. Established under the 1972 World Heritage Convention, the World Heritage Committee is an intergovernmental body entrusted with determining whether a cultural, natural or mixed property merits inscription on the World Heritage List. It also reviews reports on the state ofWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times