Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/08/28
By: Chiang Yuan-chen and Elizabeth Hsu
Seoul, Aug. 28 (CNA) Several visiting Taiwanese history and geography teachers have said they were
Photo courtesy of the Korean Studies Academy
impressed by the actions taken by and determination of South Korea to defend its sovereignty over a disputed group of islet in the Sea of Japan after touring there.
Twenty-seven teachers from Taiwan set foot on the Liancourt Rocks — also known as Dokdo in Korean — Saturday as part of a tour organized by the Taipei-based Korean Academy.
Before the journey, the group had visited the National Geographic Information Institute and a museum of maps during their stay in South Korea, according to some group members.
The wide coverage about Dokdo in Korean textbooks, the institute’s emphasis on mapping their homeland, and the tour of Dokdo, as well as the South Korean government’s and people’s attention to and love for their territories and sovereignty were all very impressive, said Chang Sheng-ling (張聖翎), a geography teacher at Taipei First Girls’ High School. [FULL STORY]
