Park Yu-ha

Park Yu-ha
Hangul 박유하
Hanja 朴裕河
Revised Romanization Bak Yuha
McCune–Reischauer Pak Yuha
This is a Korean name; the family name is Park.

Park Yu-ha (박유하, 朴裕河; born March 25, 1957) is a professor at the College of Liberal Arts, Sejong University.[1] Her research focuses on Japanese-Korean relations. Her 2013 book Comfort Women of the Empire criticized the Korean interpretation of comfort women as exclusively "sex slaves."[2][3] A Japanese language version of the book was published in Japan in November 2014.[4] A group of former comfort women sought to ban sales of the book, claiming that it depicted them as prostitutes and collaborators with Japan.[5] In November 2015, a group of 54 scholars from Japan and the United States, issued a statement criticizing South Korean prosecutors for “suppressing the freedom of scholarship and press.”[6][7]

Academic career

Park graduated from Keio University in 1981. She earned an M.A. from Waseda University in 1989 and a Ph.D. in 1993. [1]

In her book Comfort Women of the Empire, Park challenges the established narrative of Imperial Japan's military brothel system. [8] She writes that there is no evidence that the Japanese Government was officially involved in coercing Korean women. Rather, she writes that it was Korean and Japanese private brokers who forced or lured women into the "comfort stations", where life included both rape and prostitution.[8] These revelations reflect Park's approach in analyzing history as it happened as opposed to how certain groups wanted it to happen, 'while maintaining the dignity of those who suffered.'[9]

Works

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "College of Liberal Arts". Sejong University.
  2. ↑ "New South Korean Academic Writings on Contemporary Japan and Japanese-Korean Relations". The Asan Institute for Policy Studies. November 22, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Korean author issues call for talks on sex slave issue". The Japan Times. 30 September 2013.
  4. ↑ Togo, Kazuhiko. "Park Yuha indictment risks hindering ROK–Japan reconciliation". East Asia Forum. East Asia Forum. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "Wartime sex slaves seek sales ban on defamatory book". The Korea Times. 15 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "Japanese, U.S. scholars attack Seoul's indictment of professor over 'comfort women' book". The Asahi Shimbun. November 27, 2015.
  7. ↑ Yoshino, Taichiro. "「帝国の慰安婦」朴裕河教授の在宅起訴に学者ら54人抗議声明". The Huffington Post - Japan Edition. The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  8. 1 2 Sang-Hun, Choe (December 18, 2015). "Disputing Korean Narrative on ‘Comfort Women,’ a Professor Draws Fierce Backlash". NY Times. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  9. ↑ Togo, Kazuhiko. "Park Yuha indictment risks hindering ROK–Japan reconciliation". East Asia Forum. East Asia Forum. Retrieved 2 February 2016.

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