{
  "id": 18306219,
  "title": "Sewol ferry sinking archive, ancient cookbooks added to regional UNESCO list",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/sewol-ferry-sinking-archive-ancient-cookbooks-added-to-regional-18306219",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-05T12:52:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/society/20261105/sewol-ferry-sinking-archive-ancient-cookbooks-added-to-regional-unesco-list"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "An archive chronicling the 2014 Sewol ferry disaster and traditional Korean cookbooks have been added to a regional UNESCO Memory of the World list on Thursday. The Danwon High School 4.16 Archive, detailing citizen records of healing and memory, received inscription at a UNESCO committee meeting in Jakarta. The Suunjapbang and Eumsikdimibang: Community Archives of Traditional Korean Culinary Knowledge, submitted by South Korea, also made the list. The Sewol archive consists of 235,220 records from the April 16, 2014 maritime disaster that claimed 304 lives. Danwon High School, located in Ansan south of Seoul, bore the brunt of the tragedy, with 250 out of 325 students aboard the ferry for a school trip losing their lives. The archive includes documents such as an April 2014 calendar from a classroom, as well as records of the recovery efforts for bereaved family members.",
  "summary": "An archive documenting the 2014 Sewol ferry sinking and ancient Korean cookbooks have been added to a regional list of the UNESCO Memory of the World program Thursday. The \"Danwon High School 4.16 Archive: Records of Citizens' Memory and Healing Movements\" was granted inscription at a general meeting of the UNESCO Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific held in Jakarta. The…",
  "key_points": [
    "Sewol ferry disaster archive added to UNESCO list",
    "235,220 records document April 16, 2014 tragedy",
    "Traditional Korean cookbooks included in regional UNESCO list"
  ],
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Sewol ferry sinking archive, ancient cookbooks added to regional UNESCO list",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/sewol-ferry-sinking-archive-ancient-cookbooks-added-to-regional",
        "published": "2026-11-05T11:30:56.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}