Korea’s Ministry of Education has paved the way for changes to the latest versions of the country’s history textbooks.

Korea’s Ministry of Education has paved the way for changes to the latest versions of the country’s history textbooks. In reference to August 15, 1948, the phrase “the government of the republic Korea was established” will replace the phrase ”the Republic of Korea was established.“ Likewise, both terms “democracy" and "free democracy" will be permitted, and will be left to the druthers of the authors. The Ministry will finalize its new curricula and writing standards by the end of this month. The new textbooks will be used in middle and high schools from March 2020.