| Hong Sehwa | |||||||||||||||
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| Native Name: | 홍세화 | ||||||||||||||
| Native Name Lang: | ko | ||||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 10 December 1947 | ||||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Seoul, US-occupied Korea | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality: | South Korean | ||||||||||||||
| Alma Mater: | Seoul University (1966–1967, 1969–1977) | ||||||||||||||
| Notable Works: | Korean Le Monde diplomatique (2010–) Outsider (2000–2005) | ||||||||||||||
| Organization: | Preparatory Committee for Collective Action for Basic Income (2014–) | ||||||||||||||
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| Predecessor: | Cho Seung-soo | ||||||||||||||
| Successor: | Kim Il-ung | ||||||||||||||
| Party: | Labor Party (2013–) New Progressive Party (2008–2013) Democratic Labor Party (2002–2008) | ||||||||||||||
| Awards: | Democratic Citizen Media Award (2002)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Hong Sehwa (; 10 December 1947 – 18 April 2024) was a South Korean journalist and New Progressive Party delegate. He was known as a representative South Korean socialist. Hong criticised imperialism and nationalism, according to the socialist perspective.
Hong evaluated that both extreme right-wing anti-North Korean statist "conservatives" and anti-Japanese nationalist "liberals" are [anti-socialist] conservatives, and that true progressives or leftists have never had a government in South Korean politics.[2]
Hong Sehwa was critical of South Korean liberals' anti-Japanese nationalism. He saw liberals using radical rhetoric that appears to be anti-imperialist on the outside, ironically curbing the growth of the South Korean socialist movement. He thought neither Japanese conservative-nationalists nor South Korean liberal-nationalists speak for the working class.
He took the view that the term "Japanese imperialism" was somewhat exaggerated by liberals, and liberals compromise with chaebol for anti-Japanese nationalistic reasons. He also took a critical view of the fact that South Korean [mainly [[Democratic Party of Korea|DPK]]] liberals never criticize American imperialism. South Korean socialists criticize American imperialism, that Japanese nationalism is encouraged by the United States to keep China in check.[3]
In 2022, Hong joined the Green Party Korea, making him a dual member of Green Party and the Labor Party.
Hong died from cancer on 18 April 2024, at the age of 76.[4]