South Korea's UNESCO Obsession

If you live in Seoul, as I do, you may have hiked along the paths that line Seoul’s old city wall [http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5781/], which survives in portions around the area corresponding to the old capital, and seen the blocks of stone that were used to reconstruct much of it. The city has been ‘restoring’ the wall for the past several years, and for a specific reason: South Korea badly wants it placed on the list of the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organi