Weekly Brief: Nov. 21st - 27th

State-authored textbooks: Another victim of Choi Soon-sil? Today the government gave the public its first look [http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2016/11/25/0301000000AEN20161125008051315.html] at the new state-authored history textbooks. When announcing it last year, the government held firm on its plans for new textbooks despite strong opposition from historians and academics. Possibly due to the weakened state of the presidential office, the education ministry said last week it will m