When I was young, maybe too young to care, I’ve heard from my parents that Manchuria used to belong to Korea. I used to think, ‘oh that’s cool’ and just move on. But, I came across this article and found out the real history. Essentially, a chunk Manchuria really did belong to Korea, but Japan, when it used to occupy Korea, ceded that area to China in a treaty to gain earning rights to build railroads. The United Nations declared that treaty was null and void because the treaty was a forced one. Now, China is pouring an enormous amount of money to distort the history claiming that the area which used to belong to Korea was part of China’s ancient history in their new school text books.
http://theseoultimes.com/ST/?url=/ST/db/read.php?idx=1009
What do you think about this? And, what do you think the resolution should be?
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