Seoul expresses deep regret over Japanese textbooks claiming sovereignty over Dokdo

작성자: 최정윤, Tannith Kriel

기사 요약: 일본이 "독도는 일본 땅"이라는 내용 담은 교과서를 전국적으로 배포하면서 한국 외교부가 유감 표현

[1] Seoul’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday expressed “deep regret” over Tokyo’s recent approval of school textbooks reinforcing its territorial claims to South Korea’s easternmost islets of Dokdo.

regret: 유감 / 후회하다, 안타깝게 생각하다

reinforce: 강화하다, 증강하다

territorial: 영토의, 세력권을 주장하는

[2] Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology approved 31 school textbooks in the social studies category, which includes geography and history, that contain “unfair claims” over Dokdo.

contain: 포함하고 있다, 방지하다

unfair: 부당한

[3] The textbooks, which label Dokdo as “Japan’s sovereign territory” will be distributed for use at high schools across the country from 2026.

sovereign: 군주, 통치권이 있는

distribute: 배포하다, 유통하다,

[4] In response to Tokyo’s decision announced earlier in the day, Seoul’s Foreign Ministry released a statement saying that it would not condone any sovereignty claims by Japan about Dokdo and called for the authorities to make corrections of such contents in the textbook

condone: 용납하다

기사 원문: https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10449939