Park, party leaders to meet Thursday to discuss controversial history textbooks
Oct 20, 2015
President Park Geun-hye and the leaders of the rival parties agreed Tuesday to meet after a day of tug-of-war between Cheong Wa Dae and the main opposition party over the meeting’s scope and format amid burgeoning controversy over the government’s push to issue state-authored textbooks. Park and leaderships from the ruling Saenuri Party and the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy will hold a meeting Thursday to discuss pending issues, including the controversial adoption of t