O Sonfa

O Sonfa
Japanese name
Kanji 呉 善花
Kana オ・ソンファ
Korean name
Hangul 오선화
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 at Takushoku University, also active as an author and journalist in Japan. Originally from Jeju-do, South Korea, she left for Japan in 1983 and 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]

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Notes

  1. ↑ http://www.drillspin.com/person/view/ARDSAX224949
  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』
  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 'anti-Korea books' in Japan, refused entry to Korea]. Chosun Ilbo. October 11, 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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