http://news.yam.com/afp/international/200806/20080624160903.html
誰發動韓戰? 南韓學生莫宰羊
法新社╱鄭詩韻 2008-06-24 11:35
(法新社首爾二十四日電)今天公佈的調查顯示,南韓青少年認為美國是比北韓還大的國安威脅,而多數青少年不知道,引爆一九五零到一九五三年韓戰的是北韓。
本地報紙報導,為紀念明天北韓入侵五十八週年,公共管理與安全部調查了一千零一十六名國、高中生。
知道韓戰始於一九五零年的學生不到一半,也僅有四成八七知道這場戰爭是共產北韓發動,其他學生有人怪罪日本(一成三五)、美國(一成三四)、俄羅斯(一成一)、中國(百分之三點四)與南韓(百分之二)。
約六成四不擔心北韓會發起另一場戰爭,僅五成六覺得受到北韓核武威脅。
與南韓維持數十年盟友關係的美國,被兩成八四學生視為對南韓最大的國安威脅,另有兩成七七認為最大的國安威脅是日本,兩成四五認為是北韓,一成三認為是中國。
當年北韓在蘇聯同意下入侵南韓,美國領導聯合國聯軍協助南韓抵抗。聯合國軍隊接近北韓邊界時,中國出軍協助北韓。
「韓國防衛分析研究所」的白承柱(譯音)告訴英文「韓國時報」:「一些人說,執政十年來執政的自由派政府,對這場戰爭與韓國現況的教育做的不夠,而是著重在兩韓和解。」
這些學生不清楚歷史,卻很有愛國情操,八成一表示以國家為榮。
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080624/lf_nm_life/korea_teens_dc_1
South Korean teens fuzzy on who started Korean War
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SEOUL (Reuters Life!) - Nearly half of South Korea's teenagers do not know who started the Korean War and have a difficult time sorting out the country's allies from its foes, a survey published on Tuesday said.
About one in eight South Korean teens thought the United States, which came to the South's defense in the conflict, started the 1950-1953 war, it said.
The survey was taken by the Ministry of Public Administration and Security to mark the anniversary of North Korea's invasion of the South on June 25, 1950.
"Middle school and high school students seem to be confused about national security, and many of them get the facts wrong," ministry official Bae Im-tae told local media.
Only 48 percent of teens correctly said the war was started by the North, according to the survey of about 1,000 junior and senior high school students.
The two Koreas, which agreed to a ceasefire, are technically still at war because a formal peace deal has never been struck.
About 28 percent of teens called the United States, which stations troops in the South to defend against another North Korean invasion, the biggest threat to South Korea.
North Korea, which positions most of its 1.2 million-man military near the border with the South and trains thousands of pieces of artillery towards Seoul, was seen as the second biggest threat, the survey said.
(Reporting by Jon Herskovitz and Kim Junghyun; Editing by Jonathan Hopfner and David Fox)