A 17-year-old Canadian was questioned for allegedly defacing a wooden pillar at a UNESCO-listed temple in the historic city of Nara, Japan, according to local police.

On 7 July, the Government of Cambodia will organize a ceremony at the Preah Vihear Temple to mark the twelfth anniversary after its inscription on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. The National Authority ...

UISEONG, South Korea (AFP) — Inhabitants of a UNESCO-listed village were ordered to evacuate while a historic Buddhist temple was burned to the ground as South Korea scrambled to contain worsening ...

Naidugari Rajasekhar, chief priest of the Srimukhalingam temple in Srikakulam district, has asked the government to initiate efforts to get UNESCO World Heritage status for the 1,000-year-old ...

A Canadian teenager is accused of defacing the 1,200-year-old Toshodaiji Kondo temple in Japan. The temple is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. If found guilty he faces up to five years in prison.

PARIS — UNESCO is urging Cambodian authorities not to carry out forced evictions at the renowned Angkor Wat temple complex, after Amnesty International detailed the impact on evicted residents ...

Residents of a UNESCO-listed village were ordered to evacuate while a historic Buddhist temple was burned to the ground Tuesday as South Korea scrambled to contain worsening wildfires.