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‘Me Too’ Prosecutor Says Justice Prevailed with Conviction of Her Perpetrator

SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Seo Ji-hyeon, a public prosecutor who ignited a nationwide “Me Too” movement last year with her disclosure of sexual misconduct by a former senior prosecutor, said Thursday the conviction of her abuser showed that justice prevails without fail. Seo said in a news conference in Seoul that the court’s [...]

#MeToo Begins to Trend on South Korean Social Networking Sites

SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — After public prosecutor Seo Ji-hyeon stepped into the limelight to detail her experience of sexual harassment by a senior figure (Seo alleges she was inappropriately touched at a funeral in 2010 and that her complaints resulted in her being moved to a new role), numerous accounts of sexual harassment [...]