Joseph Lee, associate professor of Yonsei University Underwood International University, and associate professor of political and diplomacy at Hanyang University, co-contributed in English on the 18th (local time) on the 18th (local time) in the US diplomatic journal Diplomat entitled “Comfort Women and Academic Freedom”.
In their contributions, they said, “The recent debate over Professor Harvard’s writings shows how limited the space for discussion and debate has been,” they seem to support Ramsey’s argument.
They introduced themselves as “South Korean-based scholars,” and took luck with Professor Ramsey’s writings, saying, “I urge discussion, not blame.”
They said, “Attacking Ramsey’s academic integrity for reasons of his personal connection with Japan is counterproductive and sounds xenophobic.” “It is homogeneous to accuse him of the lack of a Korean perspective in his writings, ‘It is based on the perspective.’
“In South Korea, limiting the research and discussion of’comfort women’ has increased due to social and political collective thinking,” these professors wrote.
They also addressed professor Park Yoo-ha of Sejong University, who caused controversy with the publication of the’comfort women of the empire’ in 2013. And the authorities are prosecuted.”
The two professors cited Soh Jeong-hee’s book “Comfort Women: Sexual Violence Between Korea and Japan and Records After Colonization” published in 2008. “Activists groups selectively delete information that does not fit their story, and He also argued that it encourages.
They said, “According to the book, Kim Hak-seon, a victim of’comfort women’, testified to Jeong Dae-hyup, CEO Yoon Jeong-ok in the early days, and said that her stepfather, who was working as a’comfort center’ manager in China, took her and another girl to China.” The role has been deleted,” he wrote.
They said, “The willingness of many’comfort women’ survivors and the deceased’s survivors to accept compensation from Japan is well known and under discussion.” “In 2015, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Park Geun-hye agreed with the 1 billion yen fund raised by Japan. 35 people accepted the payment.”
At the end of the article, these professors said, “Our purpose here is not to support Professor Ramsey’s writing. Rather, as South Korean scholars and residents, we are not to withdraw and apologize, but to demand empirical research and analysis.” Added.
Earlier, Professor Lee made a remark on comfort women during his 2019 class, but received some students’ problems and requests for apology, and a signing campaign condemned his remarks.
Hanyang University’s Education Broadcasting Station reported that it was a problem when Professor Lee said, “Korean historians do not use quantitative research, but because they generalize the entire comfort women by paying attention to the worst cases of 5-10 people.”
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