Local text books give wrong information on South Korea<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): South Korea is often wrongly perceived in
\nIndonesia because many books on literature, including school
\nbooks, have factual mistakes, South Korea's Deputy Ambassador to
\nIndonesia Hangjohng Yo said yesterday.<\/p>\n
The mistakes occurred usually because authors used old books
\nas reference, Yo said.<\/p>\n
Most geography books in Indonesian schools, for example, still
\ndescribe the Korea Strait as Japan Sea, he said.<\/p>\n
\"The name was used during the Japanese occupation (in
\nIndonesia), but now things have changed, so has the name of the
\nwaters,\" he said after a press conference to announce an essay
\ncompetition on South Korea for high school and university
\nstudents.<\/p>\n
The contest, jointly organized by the South Korean Embassy and
\nthe Ministry of Education and Culture, aims at correcting these
\nmisperceptions, he said.<\/p>\n
Essays are to be written in Indonesian and based on either
\n\"the Difference between what I know of South Korea from schools
\nand from other sources\" or \"How to obtain accurate information on
\nSouth Korea\".<\/p>\n
A study conducted by the director of Center for Korean Studies
\nat Nasional University Jakarta, Park Jin Ryeo, discovered that
\nmany inaccurate descriptions on South Korea were found in text
\nbooks on geography and social sciences, Yo said.<\/p>\n
Any essays suggesting how to obtain accurate information as
\nwell as citing examples of incorrect descriptions of Korea found
\nin Indonesian literature would receive extra points.<\/p>\n
Muchlis Dasuki, the head of international cooperation at the
\nMinistry of Education and Culture admitted the flaws.<\/p>\n
The government endorsed the essay contest as it encouraged
\nyoung Indonesians to get a more accurate picture of South Korea,
\nhe said.<\/p>\n
Ten winners from each of the two categories -- high school and
\nuniversity students -- will be invited to visit South Korea for
\none week and receive cash prizes ranging from Rp 300,000 to Rp 1
\nmillion.<\/p>\n
All entries for the contest must reach the organizers by Aug.
\n15. The winners will be announced on Sept. 25. (11)<\/p>",
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