Lee Young-hoon (, born 1951), Lee Yong-hoon, Rhee Yong-hoon, or Yi Yŏnghun is a South Korean former professor of economics at

Seoul National University Seoul National University (SNU; ) is a public university, public research university in Seoul, South Korea. It is one of the SKY (universities), SKY universities and a part of the Flagship Korean National Universities. The university's main c ...

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 a philosophical school that holds that all genuine knowledge is either true by definition or positivemeaning ''a posteriori'' facts derived by reason and logic from sensory experience.John J. Macionis, Linda M. Gerber, ''Sociolo ...

research on the Economy of

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. Lee was born in

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, South Korea.

Career

Lee graduated from the Department of Economics at

and earned a Doctor of Economics degree. He held positions as an associate professor of economics at

Hanshin University Hanshin University () is a private university in Osan, in the Seoul National Capital Area of South Korea. Established in 1939, it is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea. Hanshin University was formerly a theological s ...

and a professor at

Sungkyunkwan University Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU or ''Seongdae'', ) is a private research university with campuses in Seoul and Suwon, South Korea. The institution traces its origins to the historic Sungkyunkwan founded in 1398 in central Seoul.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 ...

in 2013. Lee Young-hoon published a book entitled Anti-Japan Tribalism: The book suggests that a shamanistic mindset exists among a small minority of South Koreans, which views Japan as a primary adversary. According to the authors, this perspective has contributed to the development of certain anti-Japan arguments within South Korean society. Lee challenged the mistreatment of Korea during Japanese colonial rule and development. He put forth the argument that the number of

comfort women Comfort women were women and girls forced into sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces in occupied countries and territories before and during World War II. The term ''comfort women'' is a translation of the Japanese , a euphemism ...

, who are regarded as sex slaves in South Korea, as well as forced laborers, had been exaggerated in Korean textbooks. His doubts about the forcible transportation of comfort women by the

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led to criticism from within South Korea.加藤達也 Tatsuya Katou 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

* * * * * Anti-Japan Tribalism: (2024)The Root of the Korean Crisis”Lee, Yong-hoon. PacRim Marketing Group Inc. English

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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 denial {{Korea-academic-bio-stub

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