| October 2,
2002 |
Regular News items on Korean animal
abuse. | |
| "Many Foreign Textbooks Distort Stories
on Korea" |
'A number of foreign
textbooks and media outlets, as well as Internet
sites, were found to be conveying seriously
"distorted" information on South Korea, prompting
the government to take more positive actions to
correct them.
'During the annual parliamentary
inspection of the Government Information Agency
yesterday, lawmakers affiliated with the National
Assembly’s Culture and Tourism Committee pointed
out the government has been failing to take steps
to rectify the situation.
'Rep. Kim Il-yun, of
the Grand National Party, said there have been as
many as 2,762 cases of false descriptions of Korea
on Web sites reported in the last three years.
However, only 277 cases of them have been
redressed.
'Rep. Lee Won-chang, also from the
GNP, claimed the government had received no
official apology from foreign media that carried
biased reports on the country.
'He claimed the
Internet homepage of BBC Radio 5 once described
Korea as a nation where people eat dog meat for
all three meals and a British weekly, The Match,
introduced the North Korean flag as the South’s,
but the government failed to react.
'In
consideration of the nature of the Internet, the
government information agency should map out
efficacious measures to correct misinformation and
should put in place a proper system to check up on
rectifications thereafter, lawmakers chorused.
'Rep. Shim called for longer-term measures to
address the problem since it usually takes more
than 3-5 years for encyclopedias and textbooks to
be revised.
'"To burnish the national image,
the government is required to take an active role
in requesting pertinent nations to increase the
amount of information on the country in their
schoolbooks and ask them to be cautious about any
possible fallacies," he
added.'
Anyone who has sent an email
to the Korean Govt. protesting at the treatment of
animals in that country will be well aware of
their real attitude to international
opinion.
The form letter they use (they do not
even bother to insert the recipients name) states
that dogs and cats are well-loved pets in Korea
and that dog eating, although traditional, is
declining.
Lies, lies, and more lies.
We are
pleased to be able to note that ITD clearly is not
one of the "2,762 cases of false descriptions of
Korea on Web sites", since we have never received
any complaints from Korea (apart from rabid
threats and insults which we ASSUME come from no
Govt. departments).
If Korea wants to be taken
seriously and be regarded with more than contempt
by the western world, it must adopt policies of
both honesty and the enforcement of its own laws.
- ITD
Korea Herald
Extract from
article dated 23/09/02. Full article at
http://hometown.aol.com/
panmunjom/news.htm
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