South Korea rejects Japanese exchange students
More stupidity over the Liancourt Rocks.
Tottori City has been told by its sister city that their annual exchange program among their junior high school students will be canceled indefinitely:
The education board chief of Chongju said in a faxed message Tuesday that the decision was made in consideration to national sentiments in South Korea following the Japanese government’s move to mention the islets, known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea, for the first time in a teaching guideline for junior high schools.
“It is regrettable that a political and diplomatic matter like Takeshima disrupts a friendly event between the two countries’ middle school students,” said Toshitaka Nakagawa, head of Tottori’s education board.
The board will decide how to respond to the matter by next Monday, he said. Under the program, 33 students from Tottori city were supposed to visit Chongju from July 29 for five days to stay with South Korean host families.
The move comes as South Korea’s government threatens to stop cooperating with Japan in six-party talks on denuclearising North Korea.
