Younghoon Lee “The memory of justice is inviolable … let’s discuss” -Chosun.com

The authors of “ anti-Japanese racism, ” which sparked the historic debate on the issue of Japanese comfort women last year, held a press conference for the aftermath of the 11th and delivered it to the memory association of the justice that led the demand for comfort women (regular demonstrations of the demand to solve the problem of Japanese military slavery). Suggested discussion.

Professor Young Hoon Lee, a former professor at Seoul National University, said at the meeting: “I think there are no events that have defined Koreans, especially historical consciousness, political consciousness and international youth sentiment, in Much like the women’s movement of the past 30 years, led by the Justice Memory Coalition and former Jeong Daehyup. ” “The Jeong Dae-hyup movement has reigned as the authority of inviolability.” “The Memory of Justice Alliance remains silent on the criticism raised through the two books on anti-Japanese racism and the fight against anti-Japanese racism,” he said. “As a group with a great sense of national responsibility, we sincerely respond to our criticism.” I have a duty to do so. “

Grandmother Lee Yong-soo (92), who has been practicing the human rights movement for victims of Japanese comfort women, recently announced that she would no longer participate in collecting the lawsuit. “The students spend money and time (to participate in the meeting), but the meeting only teaches hatred and pain,” said the old woman. . Professor Lee said, “I do not know the background to Lee Yong-soo’s comments,” and said, “I actively sympathize with the forward-looking comments.”

The title of the sequel published by eight authors, including Lee Young-hoon, a former professor at Seoul National University, and six authors of “anti-Japanese racism”, Professor Myung-soo Cha and Yeongnam University, and Sang-Hoo Park, former head of the MBC Press Office, titled “Struggle with Anti-Japanese Racialism”. It is a book that reiterated the criticism raised after the publication of anti-Japanese racism in July last year. Anti-Japanese racism was controversial, claiming that women victims of Japanese consolation were not free from sexual slavery, but had freedom of choice. The author’s position was that the response to the book was “cowardly or evil”. Instead of raising academic criticism about the content, it was that they ignored or sold the authors with “pro-Japanese.”

In the “Fight Against Anti-Japanese Racism”, which consists of five films, the issue of Japanese women’s comfort problem is in the first part. Professor Lee, who was in charge of the writing, said: “It is a national myth that Japanese troops kidnapped and brought innocent virgins from Chosun under the aid, recognition and cooperation of the powers of the Governor-General. In addition, sparked criticism in various places as to whether cheating or dragging virgins into labor fraud is also a widespread vigorous mobilization. ”

In response to this criticism, Professor Lee said: “Today’s myth is kidnapping and weakness, but it often took the form of a law when the prostitute, a legal prostitution industry, existed. Behind it, state power and the patriarch, men and organizers. ” “There was a long history of sexual exploitation and domination of weak women, such as pimps and pimps.” “Japanese comforting women are not only national powers, but also patriarchal powers of handing over daughters to prominent agents, men who exploited the sexuality of weak women and pimps who hypothesized them (women), and are historical events of The time. “From today’s perspective, it is a crime,” he said. “It is necessary to reevaluate the problem of women’s comfort from the perspective of women’s human rights or feminism.”

The authors of the “Struggle with Anti-Japanese Racialism” also announced the “Government to the People and the People” at a meeting. Through this, △ the government and the court will reach a solution to the punishment trial and the demand for compensation of women and workers who became the prime minister of the crisis of relations between Korea and Japan. The legislative demands to end the plan to suppress it.

Furthermore, from the opening of the port in 1876 to the liberation in 1945, he argued to organize a national research forum that would follow up on historical problems with Japan and form a social consensus. Suggested These are the places that have dealt with women’s comfort, labor mobilization and Dokdo issues respectively. They said, “Now, despite differences of opinion, Dong-Zon Yi’s attitude, which creates common ground, is desperate.”