An Byeong-jik
| An Byeong-jik | |
| Hangul | 안병직 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 安秉直 |
| Revised Romanization | An Byeong-jik |
| McCune–Reischauer | An Pyŏng-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.[1][2] He is the representative director of the New Right Foundation.[3] His research focuses on economic history during the Korea under Japanese rule.
He disclosed a diary by a manager of World War II Japanese military brothels and published a book called Diary of a Japanese Military Brothel Manager in 2013.[1]
Academic career
An was born in Haman in 1936. He was graduated from Department of Economics, Seoul University. He received a master's degree in economics. He became a professor of Seoul National University College of Social Sciences. He was appointed a professor emeritus at Seoul National University in 2001.[4]
An's views and remarks
- "There was no overt exploitation of land during Japanese colonial period." [5]
- "There is no objective evidence that the comfort women were forcibly mobilized."[5]
- An denies the view that the Japanese military and police took women by force from the Korean Peninsula because Korea at the time was "a well-ordered society, although it was a colony."[6]
- "Comfort women were recruited by business operators in Korea, and there was no need for the Japanese military to abduct them."[7]
- "Half of the managers of comfort women were Korean. "[5]
Works
- 일본군 위안소 관리인의 일기 [Diary of a Japanese military brothel manager]] (in Korean). Translated by An Byeong-jik. Esoope. 2013. ISBN 9788994228761.
- "日本軍慰安所管理人の日記" [Diary of a Japanese military brothel manager] (in Japanese). Naksungdae Institute of Economic Research. August 30, 2013.
See also
References
- 1 2 "Scholar discloses diary by manager of WWII Japanese military brothels". The Korea Herald. 7 August 2013.
- ↑ "History" (in Korean). Naksungdae Institute of Economic Research.
- ↑ Ahn, Byong-jick (June 7, 2006). "South Korea's 'New Right'". The Wall Street Journal.
- ↑ "An Byeong-jik". Kyobo Book.
- 1 2 3 "An Byeong-jik "Comfort women were not mobilized by force" Ravings again" (in Korean). MediaToday. 7 December 2006.
- ↑ "Korean's war brothel diaries offer new details". The Japan Times. JIJI. August 13, 2013.
- ↑ Diary written by Korean worker at comfort stations in Burma, Singapore found