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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Kim Tong-Hyung

Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp among new additions to join UNESCO's World Heritage List

Okefenokee UN Designation - (Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

The Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia, a centuries-old porcelain center in eastern China and tidal flats in western South Korea were among several sites added to the World Heritage List on Saturday at a U.N. committee meeting in South Korea.

The UNESCO meetings in Busan, which continue through next Wednesday, are reviewing dozens of other nominations, including the D-Day landing beaches in France, Mount Olympus in Greece and the ancient Japanese capitals of Asuka and Fujiwara.

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