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Kanop Ketchart
Coverage of Kanop Ketchart in the Nexus archive.
- Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp among new additions to join UNESCO’s World Heritage List
The Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia, a 13th-century Buddhist temple in Thailand, and tidal flats in South Korea were added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List during a U.N. committee meeting in Busan. The Okefenokee Swamp, noted for its biodiversity and environmental records, faces local opposition over potential U.N. management involvement, while Thai officials prepare for increased tourism at the newly listed temple.