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Ha-young Choi
Ha-young Choi was an NK News correspondent based in Seoul. She studied Korean history, mainly focusing on modern Korean history at Korea University. Follow her on twitter @Hy_Choi0826
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News N.Korean defectors rally in support of state-sponsored textbookDefector-turned-university student parodies 'Dear Leader' Park Geun-hye's push to revise textbooks Defectors from North Korea organized a press conference in support of a government-designated history textbook in front of the headquarters of the main opposition party on Tuesday morning. The alliance of five defectors' organizations, calling itself the "Alliance of defectors' organizations to protect the liberal democracy system," argued that the current history textbooks are biased, and follow North Korea's depiction of history. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |