| Oh Sonfa | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese name | |||||||
| Kanji | 呉 善花 | ||||||
| Kana | オ・ソンファ | ||||||
| Korean name | |||||||
| Hangul | 오선화 | ||||||
| Hanja | 吳善花 | ||||||
| |||||||
| Part of a series on |
| Conservatism in Japan |
|---|
 |
Oh Sonfa (Japanese: 呉 善花, オ・ソンファ, born 15 September 1956),[1][2] also known by her Korean name Oh Seon-hwa (Korean: 오선화), is a professor in the School of International Relations at Takushoku University in Tokyo. She is also active as an author and journalist in Japan. She is a critic in many fields such as current issues, history, and culture, particularly in East Asian Countries.[3]
Originally from Jeju Island, South Korea, she left for Japan in 1983.[3] She received a BA degree from Daito Bunka University and an MA degree from the Graduate School of North American Studies at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. She went on to naturalise 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 2014 sinking of MV Sewol disaster, 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]
- ^ "呉善花 | DrillSpin （ドリルスピン）". Archived from the original on 2014-05-14. Retrieved 2014-05-13.
- ^ "大阪国際宗教同志会 平成18年度総会 記念講演『韓国人から見た日本人』". Archived from the original on 2013-06-09. Retrieved 2014-05-13.
- ^ a b c "'친일파' 오선화 "한국인은 애국심 없고 철저한 이기주의" 막말". 중부일보 - 경기·인천의 든든한 친구 (in Korean). 2014-04-22. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
- ^ "국익과 인권이 충돌한 출입국관리소" (in Korean).
- ^ "日本で「韓国批判本」出した呉善花氏、韓国入国拒否される" [O Sonfa, who published books criticizing Korea in Japan, refused entry to Korea]. Chosun Ilbo. October 11, 2007. Archived from the original on October 12, 2007. Retrieved January 24, 2011.
- ^ Yoshida, Reiji. "Japanese university professor born in, critical of, South Korea says Seoul barred her entry". The Japan Times. Retrieved August 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). Retrieved 2023-10-05.