Gov’t Expresses Regret over Japan’s Authorization of Texts with Historical Distortions l KBS WORLD

The federal government expressed remorse over Japan’s approval of historical past textbooks containing distorted historic information.

In an announcement on Tuesday, Seoul’s international ministry expressed deep remorse over the approval of highschool textbooks with distorted historic information primarily based on Tokyo’s biased view of historical past, earlier than calling for a correction.

The ministry strongly protested the texts on account of their unjust claims over the Dokdo islets within the East Sea, South Korea’s sovereign territory by historical past, geography and worldwide legislation.
 
It additionally expressed deep remorse over the distortion of the Japanese army’s coercion of the Korean folks for wartime sexual enslavement and compelled labor.

The ministry urged Tokyo to behave responsibly in educating future generations, as an accurate understanding of historical past ought to be the cornerstone of the 2 sides’ future relations. 

Kim Sang-hoon, director-general of the ministry’s Asian and Pacific Affairs bureau, summoned Taisuke Mibae, deputy chief of mission on the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, to lodge a proper protest.