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Male Victims Feel Isolated from MeToo Campaign

SEOUL, Mar. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — For 25-year-old Koo Hyun-sik (an alias), his two-year stint in the South Korean Army as a conscript was a traumatic experience that left him scarred, as he was sexually abused multiple times by a warrant officer in his unit. The ongoing “MeToo” campaign has left him feeling strangely marginalized, [...]

Men Too Say #MeToo

SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Ever since female prosecutor Seo Ji-hyeon appeared on TV and accused a former senior official in the prosecution service of having touched her inappropriately, the floodgates have opened, unleashing a seemingly endless stream of sexual harassment allegations. With the vast majority of the alleged victims of sexual harassment being [...]