Oh Sonfa
Oh Sonfa | |||||||
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Japanese name | |||||||
Kanji | Ngô thiện hoa | ||||||
Kana | オ・ソンファ | ||||||
Korean name | |||||||
Hangul | 오선화 | ||||||
Hanja | NgôThiệnHoa | ||||||
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Oh Sonfa(Japanese:Ngô thiện hoa,オ・ソンファ, born 15 September 1956),[1][2]also known by her Korean nameOh Seon-hwa(Korean:오선화), is a professor in the School of International Relations atTakushoku Universityin Tokyo. She is also active as an author and journalist inJapan.She is a critic in many fields such as current issues, history, and culture, particularly in East Asian Countries.[3]
Originally fromJeju Island,South Korea, she left for Japan in 1983.[3]She received a BA degree fromDaito Bunka Universityand an MA degree from the Graduate School of North American Studies atTokyo University of Foreign Studies.She went on tonaturalise as a Japanese citizen.
In 1998, she lost her South Korean nationality as she had acquired Japanese nationality in 1991 (Korean-Japanese).[4]In 2007 and 2013, she was refused entry to South Korea.[5][6]
She has since been a source of controversy in Korea due to her open criticism of not only the South Korean government, but Korean culture as a whole. After the 2014sinking of MVSewoldisaster, she described Koreans as "having no patriotism and completely selfish", and argued that Japan should not try to reconcile its differences with South Korea.[3]
Oh denies that "comfort women",a euphemism for Korean women who are considered by international consensus to have been forced prostitutes during World War II, were forced to work at all.[7]
Publications
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See also
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[edit]- ^"Ngô thiện hoa | DrillSpin ( ドリルスピン )".Archived fromthe originalon 2014-05-14.Retrieved2014-05-13.
- ^"Đại phản quốc tế tông giáo đồng chí hội bình thành 18 niên độ tổng hội ký niệm giảng diễn 『 hàn quốc nhân から kiến た nhật bổn nhân 』".Archived fromthe originalon 2013-06-09.Retrieved2014-05-13.
- ^abc"'친일파' 오선화 "한국인은 애국심 없고 철저한 이기주의" 막말 ".중부일보 - 경기·인천의 든든한 친구(in Korean). 2014-04-22.Retrieved2023-09-21.
- ^"국익과 인권이 충돌한 출입국관리소"(in Korean).
- ^"Nhật bổn で “Hàn quốc phê phán bổn” xuất した ngô thiện hoa thị, hàn quốc nhập quốc cự phủ される "[O Sonfa, who published books criticizing Korea in Japan, refused entry to Korea].Chosun Ilbo.October 11, 2007. Archived fromthe originalon October 12, 2007.RetrievedJanuary 24,2011.
- ^Yoshida, Reiji."Japanese university professor born in, critical of, South Korea says Seoul barred her entry".The Japan Times.RetrievedAugust 1,2013.
- ^Oh, Sonfa."The Korean Ethno-state: Lynchpin of East Asia? Getting Over It! Why Korea Needs to Stop Bashing Japan | Society for the Dissemination of Historical Fact"(in Japanese).Retrieved2023-10-05.
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- 1956 births
- Anti-Korean sentiment in Japan
- Academic staff of Takushoku University
- Japanese nationalists
- Japanese people of Korean descent
- South Korean emigrants to Japan
- Living people
- Naturalized citizens of Japan
- People from Jeju Province
- Japanese critics
- Japanese women critics
- Comfort women denial
- Daito Bunka University alumni
- Japanese people stubs