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S. Korea scholars boycott state texts project

音声ダウンロード

Hundreds of South Korean scholars have declared they are boycotting the writing of state-issued history textbooks out of concern that that they will teach distorted views of the country's recent past.

The conservative government plans to require schools to use textbooks edited by the government after 2017.

Scholars believe the government is moving to soften descriptions of South Korea's brutal dictatorships that preceded a bloody transition toward democracy in the 1980s. (AP)

韓国教科書の国定化に学者らが執筆拒否

韓国政府が2017年度から教科書を国定化すると発表したのを受けて、多数の学者たちが歴史の教科書の執筆を拒否すると宣言している。

The Japan Times ST: October 30, 2015