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Geneva Conventions exhibit explores challenges of modern war

As drones, artificial intelligence and autonomous weapons reshape battlefields across the globe, a new exhibition in Seoul is asking a question that has haunted humanity for generations: Are there still limits to violence? The Seoul Museum of History and the International Committee of the Red Cross opened the exhibition, “Even Wars Have Limits,” Thursday, marking the 60th anniversary of Korea’s accession to the Geneva Conventions. Running through Aug. 9 in the museum lobby, the exhibition examines the origins of the Geneva Conventions and the evolving challenges facing international humanitarian law in an era of rapidly changing warfare. The exhibition is organized in cooperation with the Swiss Embassy in Korea and supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Korean Red Cross. Museum officials said the exhibition comes at a time when more than 130 conflicts are unfolding worldwide, even as humanitarian resources available to civilians caught in war continue to shrink. The first section traces the history of the Geneva Conventions through photographs, documents and timelines,

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