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South Korea expresses regret over Japan's textbook approval.

March 31, 2026
South Korea expresses regret over Japan's textbook approval.
Hirotaka Matsuo, deputy chief of mission at the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, enters South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jongno-gu, Seoul, after being summoned on Tuesday. (Newsis)

The Dokdo drama is about to get a whole lot worse. South Korea's Education Ministry is sounding the alarm after a Japanese government panel gave the green light to high school textbooks that claim Japan owns the disputed islets. But that's not all - the books also downplay the country's dark past, including the forced labor and sexual slavery of thousands of Koreans during WWII.

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