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In the exhibition of relics commemorating the 30th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Korea and China, which is being held in Beijing, China deliberately left out our history, Goguryeo and Balhae, from the Korean history chronology.
Our government is considering a plan to withdraw artifacts from the exhibition hall if the timeline is not revised within a week.
Correspondent Lee Hae-in in Beijing.
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National Museum of China in Beijing.
The bronze ware exhibition of three countries, Korea, China, and Japan, is being held.
The Korean Pavilion, which I visited in person, is more heavily guarded.
There are two security guards in the not-so-large exhibition hall, and video recording is prohibited.
The timeline of Korean history that sparked the historical distortion controversy remains the same.
There are only Silla, Baekje, and Gaya under Gojoseon, but Goguryeo is missing, and Balhae, which should be with Unified Silla, cannot be seen.
At the bottom of the chronological table, it is written that this information was provided by the National Museum of Korea.
They are deliberately deleting the two countries and distorting them as if they were displaying what they were sent from Korea.
[박선미/동북아역사재단 한국고중세사연구소장]
“It’s very clever and very sophisticatedly distorted history. Deleting it at all or not even mentioning it…”
The Korean government has notified China of a ‘deadline’ to revise the timeline within one week.
If it is not corrected within this time limit, we are strongly considering withdrawing the artifacts on display.
As the scandal grew, a high-ranking official from the Korean embassy in China visited the Chinese National Museum in protest.
At this meeting, it is known that the Chinese side responded that they would make a statement following internally examining the demands of the Korean government.
This is Lee Hae-in from MBC News in Beijing.
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