Will the long-awaited ”Sado Island Gold Mine” be registered as a World Heritage Site next month? Attention is also focused on the response of South Korea, which has been opposed.
The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), an advisory body to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), has added the Sado Island Gold Mine in Sado City, Niigata Prefecture, which is seeking to be registered as a World Heritage Site.