[CORRECTING 'TWISTED' HISTORY]Civic groups bash 'twisted' textbooks

This article, "[CORRECTING 'TWISTED' HISTORY]Civic groups bash 'twisted' textbooks", appeared in the koreanow. It is about relationship between Korea and Japan. According to LEE, S's "Correcting Twisted History 'Civic Groups Bash Twisted textbook'," this article's main idea is to correct the twisted history. Many civic groups take pains to persuade Japanese school from no choosing textbooks authorized by the Japanese Ministry including twisted history. As one of that groups, there is a Korean civic group Asia Peace and History Education Network. Nowadays a total of 14 nongovernmental organizations in Korea, China and Japan declared a joint campaign against the twisted history textbooks and too many people are exerting their energies in reforming that rightly. In accordance with this article, Yang mi-gang who is a director of Asia peace and history education network said that we have to make a precedent about how we treat these problems with wide vision. But as time goes by, people forget this accident.

I disagree that we should let "twisted" history textbook in Japan as it is although history tell wrong stories. That is to say, I agree that we have to correct rightly the textbook written by twisted history. There is a case that the wrong thing isn't changed correctly as if that is right. This is wrong. We have to corret the wrong thing, and if the twisted facts has been known, we have to set right them. I heard that Japan committed what we can't image to our ancestors when our country was a colony of them. But, that isn't in the twisted textbook. The contents of them are too different from real history. For example, Japan took women of our country illegally and deal with them as sexual thing. But they hide this fact, and they said that the women wanted to do that. In my opinion, we have to revise the wrong thing, and prevent for wrong fact to be announced clearly. If the happening of Japan's twisted histoty textbook is understood by people, it is certain that Japan will make the similar case again in the future. Time is going, and history is passing and changing. Let's think. Should we let "twisted" histort textbook in Japan as it is although history tell wrong stories? No. we should not. I think that especially something which is related to history is more important than any other things. Something wrong will be fixed to the right way. In my esteem, it's the same as fighting for justice; that is to say, that is fighting in the cause of justice to gain or find or rewrite revise history to the right way. Since the beginning of history, many things happened. There were a lot of things include some wrong and right accidents. To solve the problem, we can think about it in many ways. First, we can think about strongly protest to the Japanese government for allowing twisted textbooks to many school and many place. And we can hold the Japanese government accountable for passing these textbooks which is clearly written to the right way. Not distorted textbook. Just guess. If any country meet this situation, it's possible occurrence to correct wrong history. Whoever see this trouble. This has a connection with the pride of country. And when we think about it in relation to history, we clear ourselves of the false charge for the image of our country and just justice. Anyway, there is no doubt that the two things are connected in some way. We should strongly demand that the Japanese government sincerely consider and comply with the demands for corrections of the textbook that was written by the wrong way or method. Second, a joint action with Japan and other Asian countries is another good way to solve the problem. That will be helpful to correct wrong things. And we have to prevent using the distorted textbook written wrongly in the schools' classroom. Third, we strongly desire that we work together toward creating an Asia of peace and human rights for everyone on the basis of trust and reconciliation. And creating that kind of history textbooks is treated strongly. That will help to correct something wrong. Moreover, it is also useful at leading children to the right way. In other word, I think that it is important to make a justice actually and collect the wrong things for the future. In conclusion, these things help us to solve the problem about twisted textbook which is written by the wrong way. it is worse than anything we can do to distort history. And the methods that I said in advance give us supports at the many fields to solve the twisted textbook row. Futhermore, when we meet this situation, we should deal with it by reasonable attitude instead of emotional attitude. If we do like this, we'll be able to solve this problem, obviously!





JIN(jin young, Lee)