UNESCO Supports Listing DMZ as World Heritage Site

Published on 2019/09/29 | Source

UNESCO has expressed support for South Korea's goal of turning the demilitarized zone between the two Koreas into a peaceful World Heritage Site.

Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha met with Audrey Azoulay, the director-general of UNESCO, on Wednesday in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.

Azoulay welcomed President Moon Jae-in's idea of listing the DMZ as a World Heritage Site jointly with North Korea and promised to join in the efforts.

Moon in a keynote speech at the General Assembly on Tuesday suggested transforming the DMZ into a "global peace zone".

The DMZ has been left largely undisturbed since the end of the Korean war in 1953.