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0 “Japan’s claim to Dokdo is a historical nuisance.”
National Assembly member-elect Kim Jun-hyuk criticizes attempts to distort Japanese history
- Reporter nameReporter Nam Gi-woong, Mobile Reporting Department
- Entered 2024.04.17 10:56
[Mobile Reporter Nam Ki-woong] National Assembly member-elect Kim Jun-hyuk of the Democratic Party of Korea strongly criticized the Japanese government’s claim to Dokdo.
President-elect Kim, a historian, pointed out that the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs recently wrote in a diplomatic blueprint that Dokdo is Japanese territory and then stated that Korea has been illegally occupying it.
President-elect Kim Jun-hyuk said, “Dokdo is clearly our inherent territory historically, geographically, and under international law,” and that the Japanese government’s claim to sovereignty is an unreasonable, bordering on “nuisance.”
At the same time, he added, “The part in the Japanese Ministry of External Affairs document that says, ‘Korea continues to illegally occupy Takeshima, including stationing guards,’ is an attempt to distort history.”
The Japanese Diplomatic Blue Book is an official document that records the international situation and Japanese diplomatic activities over the past year, and has been issued annually by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 1957.
In the diplomatic blueprint, this is the 17th time since 2008 that the Japanese government has claimed sovereignty over Dokdo, and since 2018, it even includes the statement that “Korea is illegally occupying Dokdo.”
Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported a diplomatic blueprint containing Japan’s sovereignty over Dokdo at a cabinet meeting held yesterday.
President-elect Kim Jun-hyuk also said that attempts to distort history during the Japanese colonial period are continuing, such as the recent deletion of the description of ‘comfort women’ from Japanese middle school textbooks.
President-elect Kim emphasized, “There are 16 out of 18 textbooks that describe Korea’s ‘illegal occupation’ as fact,” and added, “We must prevent the Japanese government’s attitude of ignoring history from being passed on to future generations.”
Reporter Nam Gi-woong, Mobile Reporting Department
