Malacca to form trustee board to oversee world heritage matters
The Malacca state government will form a World Heritage City trustee board to oversee and conserve one of this year's ...
Tag: Unesco World Heritage
News reports and information related to Unesco World Heritage in Southeast Asia, including the Tentative List, Memory of the World and nominations to the list.
The 2008 World Heritage Southeast Asian roundup
Internet troubles (and I've been having a lot of them lately) have prevented me from posting the later half of ...
World Heritage Update: Preah Vihear also included
The details are sketchy, but it seems that Cambodia was successful in getting to controversial border temple Preah Vihear listed ...
Congratulations to Malacca and Georgetown for receiving World Heritage status!
At long last, the historic cities of Malacca and Georgetown have been inscribed into the UNESCO World Heritage list! photo ...
The ghost of Preah Vihear returns to haunt
Not a literal ghost, mind you, but a rather the temple's troubled history of being at the border of two ...
Cambodia to apply for Preah Vihear World Heritage status alone
The Thai courts issued an injuction against the Thai government from supporting Cambodia's bid to list Preah Vihear as a ...
Thai court orders injunction on Preah Vihear World Heritage listing
More drama over Preah Vihear unfolded over the weekend after Thailand's World Heritage Committee first announced its intention to co-host ...
Old Bangkok as part of World Heritage?
Taking the cue from Laos' Luang Prabang, the governor of Bangkok wants to propose Rattanakosin, the royal and old city ...
Bukit China included in Malacca heritage zone
The site of Bukit China (Chinese Hill), reportedly the largest Chinese cemetary outside of China, is now to be included ...
Ayutthaya: Glimpses of Past Glory
The Bangkok Post carried a feature on one of Thailand's most-cherished World Heritage Sites, the ancient city of Ayutthaya. Read ...
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