O Sonfa

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O Sonfa
Japanese name
Kanji呉 善花
Kanaオ・ソンファ
Korean name
Hangul오선화
Hanja吳善花

O Sonfa[1] (呉 善花, Japanese: オ・ソンファ,[2] born 15 September 1956), commonly known as 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. Originally from Jeju-do, South Korea, she left for Japan in 1983 and 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.[3] In 2007 and 2013, she was refused entry to South Korea.[4][5]

Publications[]

  • Getting Over It! Why Korea Needs to Stop Bashing Japan (ISBN 978-4813325499). Tachibana Publishing: 2015
  • What Makes Korea Insult Japan: Truth Behind Korea's Resentment Over Japan (ISBN 978-4864716208). Hikaruland Publishing Co. Ltd.: 2017

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Notes[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-05-14. Retrieved 2014-05-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "국익과 인권이 충돌한 출입국관리소" (in Korean).
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ Yoshida, Reiji. "Japanese university professor born in, critical of, South Korea says Seoul barred her entry". The Japan Times. Retrieved August 1, 2013.

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