Seoul to Continue Fight Against Distorted-History Japanese TextbooksSouth Korea will continue its fight for revision of passages in eight distorted-history middle school textbooks of Japan through bilateral and multilateral channels.Addressing the South Korean National Assembly or parliament on the issue, Foreign Minister Han Seung-soo said Tuesday said swift action by the Japanese government will serve the bilateral relationship oriented toward future cooperation. Japan has promised to seriously consider the South Korean government's demand and a Japanese government committee is currently deliberating the revisions sought, said Han. The textbook issue broke out in early April when the Japanese Education Ministry approved eight new middle school history textbooks which glossed over or beautified atrocities committed by Japanese troops last century. It has caused strong indignation and reactions from the international community. Earlier, the Japanese government said it could not revise the textbooks as long as clear-cut factual errors do not exist. Some Japanese publishing companies began selling the distorted- history textbooks from early this month. |
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