December 6, 2010
France agrees to return Korean royal Uigwe books
Further coverage of France’s decision to return numerous disputed manuscripts to South Korea.
From:
UPI
World News
France will return Korean kings’ books
Published: Nov. 12, 2010 at 9:54 AMSEOUL, Nov. 12 (UPI) — France will return a royal library its invaders stole from Korea in the 19th century, President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday.
The Uigwe books, royal records from the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), were taken by a French force that seized a Korean island in 1866 in reprisal for persecution of French Catholic missionaries. The books are at the National Library of France.
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