it is too soft for starting the coeur ian war, to harsh that the leads that saw the economic rise. what do they say? one talks about low level fights in the run up to war, but north korea's army started a surprise invasion, an act of aaggression. the next describes the birth the north korea ideology which brought in stability but weakened north corey's response to the outside world. what is common to these books is the way they describe the 1961 seat of power as a coup. which led to political repression as well an improvement to people's ever day livelihoods. this happens to be the father of the current president. the about president has characterised the drive to reform history teaching is a fight for the soul of the nation. >> translation: it would be difficult for students who learn from the current textbooks to have a sense of pride about south korea. instead they would ask why hasn't we done better and end up with self-critical views. >> reporter: the president's critics say she is following the lead of her father buy stifling political opposition. she has called for a ban on m