![]() ![]() Korea considers the islets as its easternmost territory. One school used a textbook that identifies the Dokdo Islets (Korean name) as Takeshima (Japanese name), while two others used two textbooks that put both names side by side. Two Japanese schools were not included in the survey.Īlso, 17 other schools were found to use 27 additional textbooks that include East Sea, which is the South Korea-approved English translation, side by side with the Sea of Japan. ![]() The study was conducted in 2020 by local offices of education across the country upon the request of the Ministry of Education on 38 foreign and international schools and educational institutions using 216 textbooks. The number of Korean nationals who attend these schools stands at 1,173. Ahn Min-suk of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), 12 out of 38 international schools in the country use 24 textbooks that use only the names Sea of Japan or Takeshima, islets better known as Dokdo in Korea. Twelve international schools in Korea have been found to be using textbooks that refer to the body of water that lies to the east of the Korean Peninsula only as the Sea of Japan, without mentioning East Sea, which is the name used by Korea.Īccording to Rep. Seen is a scanned page from a textbook used at an international school in Korea, which shows the French name of the Sea of Japan ― Mer du Japon ― circled in red. ![]()
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