Bereaved family members of Korean forced labor victims from the Sado mine complex during World War II look around the site that used to be a lodging for the laborers near the mines, as part of ...

NEW DELHI--Japan’s Sado Island gold mine formally gained World Cultural Heritage status during a meeting of the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO here on July 27. The decision brings the ...

An evaluation of the Sado mine complex was expected to have been made at a World Heritage Committee meeting in summer 2023. That schedule has been made uncertain, however, because this year’s ...

The UNESCO World Heritage committee on Saturday decided to register Japan's controversial Sado gold mine as a cultural heritage site after the country agreed to include it in an exhibit of its ...

Japan and South Korea are covering up Sado Island’s dark side in a severe misconstruction of the meanings of UNESCO World Heritage, diplomacy, and history.

Niigata Prefecture's Sado Island Gold Mines, registered as a World Cultural Heritage Site, is hosting a special night tour that runs until October. The light show features projections of graceful ...

Japan’s latest report came after South Korea boycotted a Japan-hosted memorial ceremony for Korean victims of the Sado mine complex, another Unesco-listed forced labour site, in November 2024, ...