The Cultural Heritage Administration says late AP reporter Albert Taylor's house in Seoul, built during Japan's colonial rule over Korea, will become a registered cultural property.
 
Working as a correspondent for the Associated Press, Taylor informed the outside world of Korea's uprising against Japanese rule and the brutal crackdown by Japanese troops. 
 
He lived in the two-story red brick house, known as "Dilkusha" which means utopia or the palace of hope in Hindi, for 20 years until he was forced out of Korea by Japan in 1942.
 
The Cultural Heritage Administration agreed with other government ministries last year to restore the building and to open it to the public in 2019.