PARIS: North and South Korea marked a new step in their reconciliation efforts Monday as UNESCO accepted their joint bid for Korean wrestling to be recognized as part of the world’s cultural heritage.

The two Koreas had originally filed separate applications for their traditional form of wrestling to be recognized on the UN cultural agency’s world heritage list.

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