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Retailers, Food Companies on Alert over Gender Dispute

SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean food and retail industry is on alert following controversies surrounding misandry sparked by a company’s ad poster. Early this month, convenience store chain GS25 created a poster to promote a special give-away for all customers buying food for camping. Online forums accused the company of releasing a [...]

Elementary School Teacher Targeted by Malicious Online Smear Campaign for Teaching About Sexual Minorities

SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – An elementary school teacher who gave an interview to an internet news channel in July that was titled “Three Reasons Why Feminism is Needed in Schools” has since become the target of a malicious online smear campaign. To protest the teacher’s treatment, over 20 rights groups converged on Gwanghwamun [...]