S. Korea strongly protests Japan's false territorial claims, summons Japanese diplomat

 

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 The South Korean government has lodged a strong protest against the false territorial claims made by Japan in its latest diplomatic bluebook. 

That publication, released on Tuesday, says that Korea's Dokdo islets belong to Japan. Yoon Jung-min reports. Seoul lodged a "strong protest" on Tuesday against the latest false claim by Tokyo to South Korea's easternmost Dokdo islets, urging Japan to immediately withdraw the claim. It stressed once again that Dokdo belongs to South Korea historically, geographically and by international law.

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S.Korea slams Japanese textbooks over claims to disputed islets

South Korea angrily responded Monday to new Japanese textbooks distorting history and laying territorial claim to the Dokdo islands, called Takeshima in Japan.

"Today, the Japanese government strengthened its absurd claim to Dokdo, which is irrefutably our inherent part of territory historically, geographically and according to international law," South Korea's Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

The ministry said it was another "provocation" by Japan, which distorted, diminished and omitted historical facts in its textbook for junior high school students.

The fact that Japan is seeking to cram skewed view of history and territory into the heads of younger generations reflects its intention to repeat the past wrongdoings and its unwillingness to play a responsible role and restore trust from neighboring countries, the statement said.

South Korea's unification ministry also issued a statement in protest against the Japanese textbooks, saying that it was furious about the revised textbooks as it betrays Japan's intention of aggression into Dokdo.

The statement came after Japan's Education Ministry approved 18 textbooks on history, civics and geography that will be used as teaching materials from next year for middle schools. ......https://www.kaos.gr/2015/04/skorea-slams-japanese-textbooks-over.html

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