December 9, 2010
Opposition to Korean manuscript return from French Librarians
More coverage of the resistance by Biblitheque Nationale staff in France to the proposed return of various looted manuscripts to Korea.
From:
Digital Chosun ilbo
French Librarians Oppose Return of Korean Royal Texts
Nov. 19, 2010 09:33 KSTOpposition is mounting in France against the return of royal Korean archives looted during a botched invasion in the 19th century and held in the French national library. Librarians at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) in a statement Thursday protested against the return of the 297 volumes of the Oegyujanggak royal archives, which was agreed in a recent summit in Seoul between President Lee Myung-bak and French President Nikolas Sarkozy.
The statement of opposition was signed by around 10 officials led by Thierry Delcourt, the director of the manuscripts department.
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