Gyeongbokgung is a former royal palace in Seoul, built in 1395 as the first royal palace of the Joseon dynasty. It flourished under King Sejong the Great, who led the creation of the Korean script Hangul there. The palace was burned in 1592 during the Imjin War and was only restored in the late nineteenth century. After Japan colonised Korea in 1910, it demolished and sold off almost all of its roughly 500 structures, and only about 40 pre-colonial buildings remained by 1945. Restoration began in the 1980s and continues today.

Israeli reports also say the cabinet directed the military to prepare for a possible new attack on Iran.

Angkor, near Siem Reap in northern Cambodia, was the capital of the Khmer Empire, which ruled much of mainland Southeast Asia between roughly the 9th and 15th centuries. At its height the city spread across about 3,000 square kilometres, making it the largest pre-industrial city on Earth by area. Its growth depended on water: huge reservoirs called barays, along with canals and embankments, stored monsoon rain and carried it to rice fields. That system let farmers harvest more than once a year and fed a very large population through the dry season. The temple complex of Angkor Wat, built in the early 12th century, is the best-known monument and still stands at the heart of the park.