O Sonfa

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.

O Sonfa
Japanese name
Kanji呉 善花
Kanaオ・ソンファ
Korean name
Hangul
오선화
Hanja

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. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-05-14. Retrieved 2014-05-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  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』". Archived from the original on 2013-06-09. Retrieved 2014-05-13.
  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. Archived from the original on October 12, 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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