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Anti-feminism backlash on the rise in South Korea
AFP, Published on 12/08/2021
» SEOUL: Condemnation of quotas for women, vilification of a short-haired Olympic gold medallist, and calls to abolish the gender ministry itself: a backlash against feminism is on the rise in South Korea -- with even presidential candidates joining in.
South Korea failing to tackle widespread digital sex crimes: HRW
AFP, Published on 16/06/2021
» SEOUL - South Korean authorities are failing to properly tackle the country's widespread digital sex crimes against women, which have a devastating impact on victims, a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report said Wednesday.
Votes for women: S. Korea's first feminist party seeks parliament seats
AFP, Published on 10/04/2020
» SEOUL - South Korea is regularly ranked lowest in the developed world for gender equality, but for the first time a feminist party is seeking parliamentary seats at Wednesday's election, accusing the political establishment of having failed women.
K-pop star jailed for six years for gang rape, spycam crimes
AFP, Published on 29/11/2019
» SEOUL: South Korean K-pop singer-songwriter Jung Joon-young was convicted Friday of gang rape, as well as secretly filming and distributing illicit sex videos of his partners, and jailed for six years.
Spycam crimes put hidden camera industry under scrutiny
AFP, Published on 28/03/2019
» SEOUL: Shin Jang-jin's shop in Incheon offers seemingly innocuous household items, from pens and lighters to watches and smoke detectors, but with a secret feature -- a hidden one millimetre-wide-lens that can shoot video.
K-pop star Jung arrested for filming, sharing sex video
AFP, Published on 22/03/2019
» SEOUL: K-pop star Jung Joon-young has been arrested, hours after he apologised for filming and distributing illicit sex videos, in a scandal that has rocked South Korea's entertainment industry.
Second S. Korean star quits as K-pop sex scandal spreads
AFP, Published on 13/03/2019
» SEOUL: A burgeoning K-pop sex scandal claimed a second scalp as a singer who rose to fame after coming second in one of South Korea's top talent shows admitted secretly filming himself having sex and sharing the footage.
'Spycam porn' sparks record protests in South Korea
AFP, Published on 03/08/2018
» SEOUL - Even a record heatwave will not keep Claire Lee from joining tens of thousands of South Korean women at a mass protest Saturday against secretly-filmed spycam pornography -- as anger over the issue swells, prompting national soul-searching.