Preah Vihear awarded UNESCO status
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Following the World Heritage Committee meeting in Quebec City, the controversial Preah Vihear temple complex on the Thai-Cambodian border has been added to the UNESCO list. Thailand’s government had been pushing for a delay so it could apply for a joint nomination of the site, however this was overlooked as the body approved Cambodia’s unilateral bid, according to a report in the Bangkok Post. Elsewhere in the Asian region; the historic cities of Melaka and Georgetown in Malaysia, the Kuk Early Agricultural Site in Papua New Guinea, and the Kalka Shimla Railway in India have been granted approved status. For Papua New Guinea this marks its first UNESCO World Heritage site.
Preah Vihear, estimated to be 1,000 years old, stands 525m above sea-level on the mountainous border of Thailand and Cambodia. Despite legally being in Cambodian territory, the only access to the site is from Thailand. Melaka and Georgetown are labeled the ‘historic cities of the Straits of Malacca’, having been key trading ports between east and west for over 500 years. The Kuk Early Agricultural Site consists of 1.16km
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