Will this be the next leftist rallying cry?:

If anybody had forgotten, remarks by Education Minister Kim Do-yeon, made last week at a cabinet meeting were a reminder of just that.

“It seems that due to a biased history education, teenagers harbor anti-U.S. and anti-market economy feelings,” said the minister, who was replaced earlier this week but not because he made such remarks.

Kim lamented that teenagers are unaware of how the country achieved its rapid rise to an industrialized and full-fledged democratic nation. Prime Minister Han Seung-soo gave the minister a helping hand, underlining that some of the current textbooks have to be fixed, as they have gotten old and “times have changed.” He made clear that such a process would not be left to the expertise of academics alone but would involve a strong government dosage.  [Joong Ang Ilbo]

Of course the usual suspects are pissed off about this:

To no one’s surprise, such remarks drew immediate rebuke from the leftist Democratic Labor Party and the main opposition United Democratic Party. Both parties warned that such a move by the government was nothing but an attempt to groom citizens who are only pro-American and market-friendly.

Personally I don’t think the textbooks are the biggest problem though they are an issue.  The biggest problem is the teachers themselves.

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