S. Korean envoy returns home over history text issue

S. Korean envoy returns home over history text issue

NARITA, Japan - South Korean Ambassador to Japan Choi Sang Yong prepares to leave Narita airport April 10 for Seoul for consultations on Japan's approval of a controversial nationalist-authored history textbook.

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