SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Gender inequality is still widespread in South Korean when it comes to employment and wages, the gender ministry said Tuesday. The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family reported that the employment rate among women stood at 51.2 percent last year, which was 18.8 percentage points lower than the male [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Gender inequality still remains far too prevalent in the South Korean military, as data from a human rights group shows there hasn’t been even a single female division commander over the last six decades. According to data put forward by the Center for Military Human Rights, a group advocating the [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A new study has been published that links the traditional male-breadwinner model to the low birth rate in South Korea. According to a report on social care from the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs released on Sunday, most South Korean households fell under the category of the male-breadwinner [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Sexism is rife in Korean TV dramas, a recent report of gender equality in the media from the Korean Institute for Gender Equality Promotion and Education (KIGEPE) has found. The KIGEPE’s monitoring of gender equality in the media revealed six out of ten female characters in Korean drama series tend [...]
SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) – It has been 70 days since the Gangnam Station murder, which sparked the ongoing controversy over gender crimes in South Korea. The recent issue of a voice actress from the online game “Closer” being fired for wearing a ‘feminist’ t-shirt has started another fiery battle of the sexes on social [...]