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Korea retracts application for ancient wall to be listed on UNESCO heritage site
The South Korean government scraped a plan to put an ancient wall built in 1396 on the list of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Cultural Heritage Foundation said Tuesday.The decision came after the International Council on Monuments and Sites, an advisory group to UNESCO, ruled earlier this month "not to inscribe" the wall onto the World Heritage list.Parts of the Seoul City Wall (Yonhap)The Seoul City Wall is an 18.6-kilometer-long wall surrounding Hanyang, the former capital of the Joseon D

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