Lee Young-hoon (이영훈, 李榮薰, born 1951 in
Daegu
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It is the third-largest urban agglomeration in South Korea after Seoul and Busan; it is ...
,
South Korea
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), Lee Yong-hoon, Rhee Yong-hoon, or Yi Yŏnghun is a former professor of economics at
Seoul National University
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and the president of the
Naksungdae Institute of Economic Research (낙성대경제연구소).
He is a member and co-representative of the Textbook Forum of the
New Right Party. He is known for undertaking new
positivistic
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research on the Economy of
Joseon
Joseon (; ; Middle Korean: 됴ᇢ〯션〮 Dyǒw syéon or 됴ᇢ〯션〯 Dyǒw syěon), officially the Great Joseon (; ), was the last dynastic kingdom of Korea, lasting just over 500 years. It was founded by Yi Seong-gye in July 1392 and re ...
.
Career
Lee graduated from Department of Economics,
Seoul University, and attained Doctor of Economics. He was an associate professor of economics at
Hanshin University
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and a professor of
Sungkyunkwan University
Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU or simply ''Seongdae'', Hangul: 성균관대학교; Hanja: 成均館大學校) is a private comprehensive research university in South Korea. The institution traces its origins to the historic Sungkyunkwan, founde ...
. He was also the winner of the
Kyung-Ahm Prize
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in 2013.
He challenged a common belief in Korea that Japanese colonial rule and development had mistreated Korea, by arguing that the number of comfort women, regarded in South Korea as sex slaves, and forced laborers is exaggerated in Korea's textbooks.
After raising doubts by stating that
Governor-General of Korea
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forcibly transported comfort women, he was criticized in South Korea.
[加藤達也 ]Tatsuya Katou
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朴槿恵大統領との500日戦争を終えて inishing 500 days war against President Park Geun-hyein Seiron March 2016 (in Japanese).産経新聞社 ankei Shimbun Sya p.127
Works
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See also
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New Right (South Korea)
The New Right () movement in South Korean politics is a school of political thought which developed as a reaction against the traditional divide between conservatives (the "old right") and progressives. The New Right broke from past conservatives, ...
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An Byeong-jik
An Byeong-jik (born 1936) or Ahn Byong-jick is a Professor Emeritus at Seoul National University and a co-founder of the Naksungdae Institute of Economic Research. He is the representative director of the New Right Foundation. His research foc ...
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Park Yu-ha
Park Yu-ha (박유하, 朴裕河; born March 25, 1957) is a professor at the College of Liberal Arts, Sejong University. Her research focuses on Japanese-Korean relations. Her 2013 book '' Comfort Women of the Empire'' criticized the Korean inter ...
References
External links
Naksungdae Institute of Economic Researchin Korean
*Lee Young-Hoon Modern History courses series (in Korean)
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1951 births
Living people
People from Daegu
South Korean economists
Academic staff of Seoul National University
Comfort women
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