https://2ch-ranking.net/redirect.php?url=https://evolutionkr.kr/ Evolution Korea The economic crisis that swept across Asia prompted a major reappraisal the old system of government and business alliances, and public management of risks. In Korea this meant a change in the development paradigm. In a controversial decision, the South Korean government has asked textbook publishers to ignore requests for removing examples of evolution in high school science texts. This includes the evidence supporting the evolution of horses as well as the bird ancestor Archaeopteryx. 1. Evolution and Religion A South Korean creationist group has pushed textbook publishers to remove evidence of evolution from high-school science texts. This was the result of a campaign led by the Society for Textbook Revise (STR) an independent branch of the Korea Association for Creation Research that aims to clear biology textbooks of "atheist materialism." The STR claims that this kind of materialism paints an unhopeful picture for students and leads to their eventual loss of faith. When the STR's campaign made the news, scientists around the world expressed worry. Jae Choe, an evolutionary biologist at Ewha Womans University, Seoul, complained in an email to Nature's editor that South Korea had succumbed to religious prejudice. He was supported by colleagues across the country, who formed an organization called Evolution Korea to organize a petition against the textbook changes. Some researchers are concerned that the STR will spread to other parts around the globe, where creationism is on the rise. The letter to Nature warned that the anti-evolutionist movement will push for textbook revisions in other countries, notably those with strong Christian and Muslim population. South Korea has a particularly powerful cultural backdrop for the debate on evolution. 26 percent of South Koreans are members of a religious community and the majority of them practice Christianity or Buddhism. Additionally, a l