South Korea Orders Correction of Inaccurate National Flag Depiction in School Textbooks

Education Ministry to correct Korean flag error in school textbook following backlash

South Korea’s Education Ministry has ordered the correction of a middle school textbook that depicts the Taegeukgi’s central symbol curving in the wrong direction. The ministry said late Tuesday that the publisher had prepared an erratum featuring the correct image and would post it on its website. Correction notices are expected to reach schools within a week. “The Education Ministry confirmed that the textbook contains an error in an image of the Korean flag, and we regret that the national fl

By The Korea Herald