Teacher’s Union Endorses North Korean History Book

Now my big question is, is this garbage being taught to South Korean students?:

Materials show that the Korean Teachers and Educational Workers’ Union excerpted a North Korean history textbook verbatim to write more than two-thirds of a 92-page long booklet without disclosing the source. It was then used in a seminar for the members of its Busan chapter in October. The textbook was reprinted in South Korea by Ilsongjeong publishers in 1983.

The booklet reproduces North Korea¿s tall claims for the late North Korean leader Kim Il-sung¿s anti-Japanese activities during the Japanese colonial era and describes the Korean War as a ¿struggle to liberate the motherland.¿ Quoting a U.S-based sociologist, it also hails North Korean leader Kim Jong-il¿s Songun or military-first policy as a ¿unique achievement.¿

Je Seong-ho, a law professor at JoongAng University, said the materials are illegal under the National Security Law since they deny the historical views of South Korea while promoting the North¿s perspective. More worryingly, teachers thus instructed could pass on these warped views to impressionable students.

Anyone think President Roh will make any statements condemning the teacher’s union? I don’t think so he is to busy bashing the US again:

¿Are any ministers here who say the U.S. made a mistake going to be reprimanded at the National Assembly?¿ Roh continued. ¿Are you saying we should suffocate Pyongyang? Do you think that the U.S. is a country without fault? Do you believe that we should always keep quiet when the U.S. makes a mistake?¿ The president urged ministers to voice their conviction when answering lawmakers at the National Assembly, saying, ¿Ministers are supposed to speak straight from their own convictions.¿ The remarks come amid a widening gulf between Korea and its long-term ally over additional sanctions Washington wants to impose on the North. Roh has rarely made a secret of his critical attitude to the U.S., saying during his election campaign in 2002, ¿I don¿t go to the U.S. just to take a picture with the president there¿ and asking in yet another rhetorical question, ¿What¿s wrong with anti-Americanism?¿

It just seems this guy is on a mission to make his legacy as ROK President as the guy who ended the Korea-US alliance. I guess he thinks this will be a good thing to be remember for in Korea, but I tend to think that history will judge otherwise.