South Korean Women’s Resistance at the Heart of Yoon Suk-yeol…
Dec 31, 2024 · In the wake of Yoon Suk-yeol’s failed self-coup on December 3, South Korean citizens took to the streets to protect the country’s democracy, staging a massive protest led by women in their 20s ...
What it's like to be a woman in South Korea, where anti-feminism …
Dec 3, 2022 · Anti-feminism has been on the rise, turbocharged this year by President Yoon Suk Yeol. Feminists in South Korea are planning to conduct nationwide protests against gender-based violence this...
Young Women Are Leading the “Light Stick Revolution” to Oust …
Dec 27, 2024 · Yoon Suk Yeol rose to power by courting antifeminists. Now young women are going to be his downfall. Protesters wave light sticks during a demonstration demanding President Yoon Suk Yeol’s...
Young women lead the call for President Yoon’s impeachment in …
Dec 15, 2024 · A recent rally in front of South Korea’s National Assembly in Seoul, calling for the impeachment of President Yoon Suk-yeol, was notably led by women in their 20s and 30s. Approximately one in three participants was a woman from this age group.
South Korea’s Yoon Suk-yeol Used Anti-Feminism to Win Election - TIME
Mar 10, 2022 · Yoon called for the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family to be abolished, and accused its officials of treating men like “potential sex criminals.” He has blamed the country’s low birth...
Young women lead anti-Yoon Suk Yeol protests - The Korea Herald
Dec 14, 2024 · Over the last two weeks, women in their 20s and 30s, who had been regarded as apolitical, emerged at the forefront of protests demanding President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment escalated. The...
How feminism became a hot topic in South Korea’s presidential ... - CNN
Mar 9, 2022 · Waving signs and wearing white sashes emblazoned with the words “Vote for Women,” they accused presidential candidate Yoon Suk Yeol of attempting to appeal to anti-feminists to garner support...
As South Korea abolishes its gender ministry, women fight back - BBC
Dec 14, 2022 · Upon entering office, President Yoon scrapped government gender quotas, declaring people would be hired on merit, not sex. He appointed just three women to his 19-member cabinet. He is now...
Elections reveal a growing gender divide across South Korea
Apr 10, 2024 · In the 2022 presidential election, 59% of male voters between ages 18 and 29 voted for the conservative candidate Yoon Suk Yeol, who eventually won. Their support for Yoon was second only...
Incoming South Korean president Yoon backtracks on scrapping …
Apr 7, 2022 · Mr Yoon's battle cry against the ministry in particular appears to have galvanised female voters - with more than 10,000 young women joining the left-leaning Democratic Party after the...
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