Newsletter

The Starting Ceremony of 2020 NAHF’s Online Supporters

NAHF held the starting ceremony of 2020 Online Supporters on May 19. Online supporters are projects conducted for college students and graduate students to provide diverse experiences to future generations to develop their capabilities for history and territorial issues. A total of 37 people supported this year due to the achievements of supporters who worked last year.
After the unassembled test and online interview, four students were selected: Cho Yu-rim(the history department of Kyonggi University), Chung Joon-young(the education department of Hongik University), Kim Sung-kyung(the international department of Korea University), and Seon Ji-hyun(the literature information department of Chung-Ang University). And to help supporters' activities, special lectures on online content production were conducted. They will carry out various activities such as producing online contents about NAHF events and historical issues for 8 months until December this year and sharing them with SNS.

EBS special documentary supported by NAHF to produce
“The Prelude to the Dokdo, Rússo-Japanese War”
wins the Grand Prize in ‘the Best Program of the Month’ award

The EBS special documentary “The Prelude to the Dokdo, Rússo-Japanese War”(Director Huh Sung-ho) produced and supported by NAHF was honored with the Best Program of the Month award in March 2020, selected by The Korea Communications Standards Commission(hereinafter called ‘KCSC’).
KCSC held an awards ceremony at the Korea Broadcaster Center on May 27 and selected the documentary as the Grand Prize because it was highly evaluated for its coverage of various historical materials and field trips, as well as the reason why Japan invaded Dokdo and the re-illumination of the meaning of Dokdo in Korea-Japan relations.
‘the Best Program of the Month’ award has been recognized for its tradition and authority since 1991 to encourage the creator of broadcasting producers and to improve the quality of broadcasting programs. “The Prelude to the Dokdo, Rússo-Japanese War” was aired on EBS 1TV on March 29, 2020.

Production and Distribution of Card News

to Make the East Sea and Dokdo Mark Right

The Dokdo Research Institute of NAHF produced card news containing contents to prevent the recurrence of the errors in the East Sea and Dokdo marking on the maps on the website of public institutions and distributed them to government ministries such as the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The card news can be viewed on the NAHF website and blog, and anyone can download and use it freely.

NAHF's stance on Diplomatic Bluebook 2019 of Japan

On May 22, NAHF announced that it should face historical facts and move forward in the future in connection with the Japanese government's Diplomatic Bluebook. It is a diplomatic white paper that describes the Japanese government's perception of diplomatic situations, prospects, and international situation. The white paper, released this year, states that 'the ROK is an important neighboring country'. However, Japan described Dokdo as ‘Takeshima, which is an inherent part of the territory of Japan’, and said that “ROK’s occupation of Takeshima, such as letting the guards reside in, is illegal and has no international legal basis.” NAHF expressed concern about the Japanese government's unreasonable claim on the sovereignty of Dokdo and the lack of historical awareness. And we urged Japan not to repeat distorted claims and to face history for the friendship between the two countries and the peace of East Asia.

2020 Dokdo Keepers School selection

On May 6, NAHF selected and announced the 2020 Dokdo Keepers School. A total of 120 schools were selected, including 40 elementary schools, 40 middle schools, and 40 high schools. The 'Dokdo Keepers School' program started in 2010 to raise the understanding and interest of Dokdo to young people through voluntary and self-directed club activities. NAHF will provide various Dokdo experience programs to selected schools, support club activities, and conduct Dokdo tour programs for teachers who are in charge of student guidance. This year, we did not starting ceremony to prevent COVID-19.