Proud History of Korea – Koguryo
MAY 29, 2007 06:48 Ha jong-dae (orionha@donga.com) The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences is a national academy of China. It is a renowned think tank which deals with domestic and foreign affairs. The Northeast Project of the Chinese Academy of Social Science is one of the academy’s research projects conducted by the society’s sub-organization, the […]
Major universities will adopt history exams in their admission tests beginning 2009. Admissions deans from the seven universities, including Korea University, Yonsei University and Ewha Womans University, Tuesday agreed on requiring applicants for social science colleges to choose history exam on College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT). “A growing number of college hopefuls avoid history subject […]
MBC’s popular historical drama, ‘Chumong,’ has been developed into a mobile game. The drama, which ended its year-long run early this month with huge viewer ratings of more than 50 percent, is now available on mobile phones, serviced through SK Telecom. It is an action simulation game, taking its main story from the drama, which […]
Thursday, April 26, 2007 South Korea is fighting a battle with China over ancient history using one of the most powerful weapons in its arsenal – sappy TV dramas watched by hundreds of millions of viewers in Asia. The dispute is over whether the 2,000-year- old Koguryo kingdom, whose lands covered much of the Korean […]
Beginning in 2012, students will learn about controversial issues in Korean history involving neighboring countries. According to the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development, the seventh edition of history textbooks for high schools includes territorial and historical disputes with Japan and China. For example, the textbook will chronicle the fact that Seoul and Beijing […]
The following is the second in a series of articles on China’s distortion of Korean history. The second part deals with the Koguryo Kingdom (37 B.C.-A.D. 668) that occupied the northern part of the Korean Peninsula and northeastern region of China. _ ED. Travel boycott to China: Demonstrators march down Chongno street, central Seoul, Wednesday, […]