Before the Ministry of National Defense’s textbook on soldiers’ mental education was published, which incorrectly described Dokdo as a disputed territorial area, there was internal criticism that there were problems with the description, but it turned out that this was not had been accepted. Dozens of writers are said to have revised the map of the Korean peninsula where Dokdo was omitted several times, but none reported it.
The Ministry of National Defense announced the results of its audit on the 26th, deciding to issue “warnings” and “warnings” to four people involved in writing basic textbooks on military mind power education, which have been controversial l ‘Last year. Avoid reprimands, pay cuts, suspensions, demotions, firings and terminations classified as disciplinary actions. This textbook on mind power became controversial because it described Dokdo as a “disputed territorial area” and omitted Dokdo from all 11 maps of the Korean Peninsula. There is criticism that this is a “soft disciplinary action”.
The basic mental power training textbook of the Ministry of National Defense describing Dokdo as an area of “territorial dispute”. /News 1
On this day, the Ministry of National Defense announced the results of its audit conducted from December last year to the beginning of this month. After compiling the audit findings, it underwent two consultations and a review by 20 members of the advisory and review board, but the technology related to Dokdo is said to have not been changed.
An official from the Ministry of National Defense said: “In the first consultation, it was felt that it was problematic to describe Dokdo as an area of territorial dispute, but a sufficient review was not conducted.” In the first consultation, a professor from the Institute for Mind Power of the Ministry of National Defense and the Army’s Bureau of Political Science and Public Affairs suggested that the content should be revised, but the issue raised is said to have not been accepted.
The Ministry of National Defense said: “After investigating the author who wrote the text in question, the head of the textbook reform task force (TF), the secretary and the director general who participated in the discussion , we confirmed that there was not sufficient review conducted on these advisory and supervisory opinions “I did,” he said.
Regarding the omission of Dokdo from the map of the Korean Peninsula, the Ministry of National Defense stated: “There were 11 places on the map, but no issue or review was raised regarding the omission of the Dokdo notation” and ” In 2006, Dokdo was not marked on the map of the Korean Peninsula.” He also said that 30 people, including the writing staff, consulted, supervised and read the book several times.
The Ministry of National Defense issued a warning to two people, including an army major general who was the director (policy planning officer) in charge at the time of publication, and issued a warning to two people, including a army colonel who was the acting director. An official from the Ministry of National Defense said: “We took into account the fact that there was no clear violation of the law, that there was no intention to commit a serious mistake and that the parties involved took responsibility for the their actions and have been reflecting deeply.”
Last year, the Ministry of National Defense planned to renew the “Basic Textbook for Mind Power Education” for the first time in five years and distribute it to all military forces. However, the controversy grew when it was revealed that Dokdo, our territory, was described as a “disputed territorial area” and that Dokdo had also been omitted from the map in chapter 11 of the textbook. When President Yoon Seok-yeol was informed of this fact, he “strongly rebuked the incident, saying it should never have happened, and ordered strict measures, including immediate correction,” he said. “Strengthening soldiers’ mental strength” is among the 120 national tasks of the Yoon Seok-yeol administration. As a result, the Ministry of National Defense recalled all textbooks and began integration work.
The textbook is said to have been written over the past year under the guidance of the Political Bureau of the Ministry of National Defense in collaboration with internal and external experts, including civilian university professors and military personnel.
Graphics = Jeong In-seong
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