South Korea's UNESCO-listed tidal flats expanded with 4 new sites

UNESCO's World Heritage Committee on Saturday approved the expansion of South Korea's "getbol," or tidal flats, adding four new coastal areas to the World Heritage List during its annual session in Busan. The inscription expands the site, first listed in 2021, from four to six components with the addition of tidal flats in Seosan, South Chungcheong Province, and Goheung, Muan and Yeosu in South Jeolla Province. The four original tidal flat properties are listed as the Boseong-Suncheon Getbol, th