This photo, distributed Tuesday, shows Japanese high school textbooks containing maps that define South Korea's easternmost islets of Dokdo as Japan's own territory. (Yonhap)
This photo, distributed Tuesday, shows Japanese high school textbooks containing maps that define South Korea's easternmost islets of Dokdo as Japan's own territory. (Yonhap)

Seoul expresses deep regret over Japanese textbooks claiming sovereignty over Dokdo

작성자: 최정윤, Tannith Kriel

기사 요약: 일본이 "독도는 일본 땅"이라는 내용을 담은 교과서를 전국적으로 배포하자, 한국 외교부가 유감 표명

[1] Seoul’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday expressed “deep regret” over Tokyo’s recent approval of school textbooks reinforcing its territorial claims to South Korea’s easternmost islets of Dokdo.

regret: 유감 / 후회하다, 안타깝게 생각하다

reinforce: 강화하다, 증강하다

territorial: 영토의, 세력권을 주장하는

[2] Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology approved 31 school textbooks in the social studies category, which includes geography and history, that contain “unfair claims” over Dokdo.

contain: 포함하고 있다, 방지하다

unfair: 부당한

[3] The textbooks, which label Dokdo as “Japan’s sovereign territory” will be distributed for use at high schools across the country from 2026.

sovereign: 군주, 통치권이 있는

distribute: 배포하다, 유통하다,

[4] In response to Tokyo’s decision announced earlier in the day, Seoul’s Foreign Ministry released a statement saying that it would not condone any sovereignty claims by Japan about Dokdo and called for the authorities to make corrections of such contents in the textbook

condone: 용납하다

기사 원문: https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10449939

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