All posts tagged "textbook"

  • musicians, textbooks
    S. Korean musicians gather to fight state textbook move

    By The Korea Times Seoul staff South Korea’s rockers, rappers and other media personalities will gather at Hongdae — Seoul’s popular hipster hotspot — to raise their voices against the government’s controversial move to author history textbooks....

    • Posted November 3, 2015
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  • South Korean President Park Geun-hye speaks during a joint news conference with President Barack Obama in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
    President Park’s approval rating edges down amid history textbook row

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — President Park Geun-hye’s job approval rating edged down amid controversy over the government’s decision to reintroduce state history textbooks for secondary school students. A poll released by Gallup Korea showed 42 percent approved of...

    • Posted October 23, 2015
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