Hope for Women in South Korea After All?
Though the Ministry of Gender, Equality and Family will not be eliminated per Yoon Seok-yeol presidential campaign platform, do South Korean women have time rest on their laurels? Well, Park Ji-hyeon, a 26-year-old activist against digital sexual crimes who blew the lid on the Nth Room scandal has been elevated to the position of interim co-Chair of the Democratic Party of South Korea. But is it just virtue signaling ahead of the local elections or is there a real push to secure gender rights?