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I am deeply disappointed and disturbed by the inaccuracy and misrepresentation of Korea's history in this book. I strongly urge the author, editor, and the publisher to review the content with a Korean historian and consider editing it. To name a few... - Not a single illustration throughout the book that spans the history of Korea depicts people wearing Hanbok (the korean traditional costume; the hair and costumes look Chinese) - While the book mentions Koreans adopted Chinese characters, it fails to mention that Koreans uses Hangul, which was invented in the 15th century by a Korean king and his staff. Hangul is also known to be one of the most intuitive phonetics based system in the world. - The book states Korea being "ruled by Chinese armies for centuries" but fails to note that the other kingdoms, including the Shilla Kingdom, is actually Korean. - Flip over to the modern history, it Incorrectly mentions “In 1988 President Kim Dae Jung...”. Kim, Dae Jung was elected in 1998, a decade later. The year 1988 is significant because it was the year Korea hosted the Summer Olympics, which is not even mentioned. - The illustration of the Korean flag in the background has the flag pole on the wrong side of the flag. - I don’t know why Korean children eating watermelon ("We also eat watermelon too.") is significant enough to make it into this text when so many other important events and facts were omitted. - Not only that the illustration shows white rice, which is not the Kimchi Bokeum Bap that they are supposed to be eating. And most young children can't eat Kimchi fried rice as it's too spicy for them. - And please, make sure your child, after reading this book, doesn’t mention the "Sea of Japan" in front of Koreans. Koreans call it the East Sea and will be offended. I am now curious how the other countries were depicted and how natives feel about the depiction.