{
  "id": 5025136,
  "title": "Korea's ancient dolmens take center stage in Gochang",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/koreas-ancient-dolmens-take-center-stage-in-gochang-5025136",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-02T05:52:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/lifestyle/people-events/20260902/koreas-ancient-dolmens-take-center-stage-in-gochang"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Korea Times reports that ancient dolmens in Korea are taking center stage in Gochang, as researchers and heritage experts gather for a major conference to reconstruct the prehistoric environment surrounding these iconic monuments. Designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2000, the Gochang dolmen site, along with similar sites in Hwasun and Ganghwa Island, is renowned for its extraordinary scale and diversity, housing hundreds of prehistoric stone tombs. The conference, co-hosted by the National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and the Gochang County government, aims to create new strategies for the preservation of these ancient structures and to explore what the landscape looked like when these Bronze Age communities erected the megalithic monuments.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Korea's ancient dolmens take center stage in Gochang",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/koreas-ancient-dolmens-take-center-stage-in-gochang",
        "published": "2026-09-02T05:47:02.000Z"
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  "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."
}