Acclaimed South Korean Singer Kim Se Jeong Launches Official Social Media Accounts
South Korean Singer Kim Se Jeong: Official social media accounts have been opened on YouTube, Weibo, Twitter, Instagram, and V LIVE by the singer.
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South Korean Actor Song Yoo-jung Found Dead at 26
Song Yoo-jung’s death was confirmed by Sublime Artist Agency.
Seoul Court Orders Japan To Compensate WWII Survivors Of Sexual Slavery
Comfort women is an euphemism for the women and girls forced into sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army in occupied countries and territories before and during World War II.
South Korea Decides To Legalise Abortion Within 14 Weeks Without Reason
The South Korean authorities also legalised the termination of pregnancy at 24-week term because of medical conditions and the use of the drug mifepristone for performing abortions.
South Korea Olympic Champ Accuses Ex-Coach Of Sexual Assault
South Korea’s double Olympic short track gold medallist Shim Suk-hee has accused her former coach of sexual assault, her lawyer said on Wednesday. Shim filed a police complaint against Cho Jae-beom last month when he was jailed for repeatedly beating her over many years. The 21-year-old is an elite athlete who has four Olympic medals in […]
Escape The Corset: South Korean Women Rebel Beauty Standards
South Korean women are destroying their makeup to rebel against the country’s stringent and unrealistic beauty standards. Escape the Corset is a fight against the unrealistic beauty standards that call for women to look perfect all the time. It symbolises destroying makeup that keeps women constrained. “Corset” here is a reference to the daily women’s garments which worked […]
#SexSlavery: South Korea Marks First ‘Comfort Women’ Day
On 14th August, South Korea commemorated its very first ‘Memorial Day for Japanese Forces’ Comfort Women Victims’. It dedicated the ceremony to tens of thousands of Asian women, who were forced to work in Japanese military brothels during World War II. The Imperial Japanese Army kidnapped around 200,000 girls and young women from South Korea, […]
South Korean Woman Jailed For Secretly Filming Nude Male
A South Korean woman has been awarded a rare jail term for secretly photographing a male nude model. The incident has sparked claims of sexism and double standards as the country is dealing with the epidemic of spycam pornography. The Seoul western district court sentenced the woman to 10 months in prison. Apart from the […]
Men Cannot Categorise Spycam Porn As Studio-Made Porn
Nearly 22,000 women held a peaceful demonstration in South Korea, to draw attention to the rampancy of Spycam porn in the country. As per an article published in Korea Expose, the police data says that there have been over 6,000 cases each year between 2013 to 2017, where people, mainly women, have been filmed without […]
South Korean Lawyer Fights For Sex Abuse Victims, Says ‘I’ve Been There’
Lee Eun-eui is currently working as a lawyer. But almost a decade ago, when she worked as an international sales representative, Lee faced unsolicited sexual harassment. She was molested by her boss, following which she fought a lonely battle. When Lee heard her employer at Samsung saying, “No one will be on your side”, she took an oath […]
