Ex-S. Korean diplomat publishes book on Ito Hirobumi

Ex-S. Korean diplomat publishes book on Ito Hirobumi

TOKYO, Japan - Song Yeong Geol, a former South Korean diplomat who spent more than a decade in Japan, speaks about his recently published book on the roles of Ito Hirobumi, Japan's first prime minister and widely considered the archenemy of the Korean people, in the modernization of Japan. Song, who is now a professor of Kyungwon College, says it is a problem that Ito's contribution to Japan's modernization is not generally known in his country.

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