SEOUL, Jul. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Renault Korea Motors Co., the South Korean unit of French auto group Renault S.A., has apologized following an online backlash over purported misandry imagery contained in the company’s YouTube videos. On Saturday, Renault Korea blocked public access to videos that have been available on Renault Inside, one of its [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]