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S. Korean Authorities Accused of Misleading Public Opinion
Pyongyang, November 24 (KCNA) -- Kyunghyang Daily News of south Korea in an editorial on Nov. 19 laid bare the authorities' despicable attempt to mislead public opinion to push forward the introduction of "state-compiled" history textbook.

The editorial said:

It was disclosed that the authorities misled the public opinion under the pretext of accepting the people's opinion concerning the introduction of "state-compiled" history textbook.

A typical example of this was the fact that truck loads of "signature papers supporting the introduction of the above-said textbook" were accepted just an hour before the deadline for the accepting the opinions.

It was also revealed that an organization printed 40,000 signature papers in support of the introduction.

It was confirmed that the Ministry of Education instructed its employees to classify 200,000 signature papers, even working all night,

The statement demanded the "government" should immediately retract the above-said introduction.

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