Lee Young-hoon (이영훈, 李榮薰, born 1951 in

Daegu Daegu (, , literally 'large hill', 대구광역시), formerly spelled Taegu and officially known as the Daegu Metropolitan City, is a city in South Korea. It is the third-largest urban agglomeration in South Korea after Seoul and Busan; it is ...

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

), Lee Yong-hoon, Rhee Yong-hoon, or Yi Yŏnghun is a former professor of economics at

Seoul National University Seoul National University (SNU; ) is a national public research university located in Seoul, South Korea. Founded in 1946, Seoul National University is largely considered the most prestigious university in South Korea; it is one of the three "S ...

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 Positivism is an empiricist philosophical theory that holds that all genuine knowledge is either true by definition or positive—meaning ''a posteriori'' facts derived by reason and logic from sensory experience.John J. Macionis, Linda M. G ...

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 ...

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Lee graduated from Department of Economics, Seoul University, and attained Doctor of Economics. He was an associate professor of economics at

Hanshin University Hanshin University is a private university in the Seoul National Capital Area of South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing ...

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 The Kyung-Ahm Prize is a series of awards presented annually from the Kyung-Ahm Education & Cultural Foundation. Founded in 2005 with a 100 billion KRW endowment by Geum-Jo Song, the award originally had four categories and in addition to the aw ...

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 Governor-general (plural ''governors-general''), or governor general (plural ''governors general''), is the title of an office-holder. In the context of governors-general and former British colonies, governors-general are appointed as viceroy t ...

forcibly transported comfort women, he was criticized in South Korea.加藤達也

Tatsuya Katou is a Japanese anime composer and arranger. He is known for his works on many anime series, including ''Future Diary'', '' Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma'', ''Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya'', ''Love Live! Sunshine!!'' and ''Free!''. He is current ...

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

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Naksungdae Institute of Economic Research
in Korean *Lee Young-Hoon Modern History courses series (in Korean) ** (1) 1951 births Living people People from Daegu South Korean economists Academic staff of Seoul National University Comfort women {{Korea-academic-bio-stub

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