North-South Joint Academic Symposium held
KCNA
Seoul, march 2 (KCNA correspondent) -- A north-south joint academic symposium to probe the truth behind Japan's distortion of the history of Korea took place in Seoul on March 2 on the occasion of the 84th anniversary of the historic March 1 Popular Uprising.
The symposium was addressed by prof. and dr. Ju Jin Gu, member of the history society of the north side, Kang Chang Il, professor of Paejae University and director of the Jeju April 3 Uprising Institute of the south side, prof. and dr. Mun Yong Ho, director of the linguistic institute under the academy of social sciences of the north side, and Yun Kyong Ro, professor of Hansong University of the south side, on the subject of "On Japan's distortion of history and the danger of overseas aggression", "the colonial rule of the Japanese imperialists is illegal in view of international law", "the historical and philological study of the English title of our country" and "the damage done to the nation under the occupation by the Japanese imperialists as seen by statistical analysis."
A joint press release was made public at the symposium.
It said that aggression and murder by Japan in its past imperialist period were the initial criminal acts and the distortion of history denying and concealing those facts is the one more criminal act of impairing the Korean nation and other Asian people.
The joint press release raised Japan's fabrication of the English name of our country as an important issue, saying that the name of our country had been internationally recognized as "Corea" from the mid-thirteenth century and officially used in our foreign documents, but Japan changed "C" into "K" and "Corea" disappeared from the early 20th century.
The scholars in the north and the south confirmed that settlement of Japan's past crimes as well as all the trials against the Japanese government and business groups are the process of retaking the dignity of the nation, their claim to damages, the release said, stressing:
This movement should pool the efforts and wisdom of people who love peace.
Present at the symposium were history scholars and representatives of religious organizations, reunification movement organizations and public organizations from the north and the south and Seoul citizens.
