South Korea Air Force Chief Resigns After Sexual Assault, Death Of Woman Sergeant
South Korea Air Force Chief resignation after death case shines a spotlight on women’s harassment and discrimination in the uniformed ranks.
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Minari’s Youn Yuh-Jung Makes History, Becomes Korea’s 1st Oscar-Winning Actor
The actor has spent several decades playing nonconformist characters. She has challenged social norms in her career and real-life by playing the roles of a vicious heiress to an ageing prostitute.
Byun Hui-su, South Korea’s First Transgender Soldier, Found Dead
Byun Hui-su, South Korea’s first transgender soldier found dead: South Korea’s first transgender soldier was found dead in her home on Wednesday. Byun Hui-su underwent gender-reassignment surgery in 2019, after which she was discharged last year from the South Korean Military. According to local authorities, primary findings suggest that Hui-su had been dead for days […]
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.
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, […]
