Women account for more than 60% of all schoolteachers, and 50.7% of those with the 25 to 29 years of experience that qualifies them for promotions. However, women principals and vice principals make up a meager 8.4% of all schoolteachers.A breakdown of the ratio shows that women head the faculties i

Hwengyeong-ri, Doam-myeong, Pyeongchang-gun, Gangwon-do. The district of Doam has shelved its duty of appointing the woman that the villagers of Hwengryeong-ri voted to be their village chief, sparking off a confrontation between the villagers and the administration officials.On December 13 last yea

An employee of a financial institution located in the affluent area of Gangnam, Seoul, Mr. Lee is in his early thirties and into his second year of marriage. Every lunch hour, he will comment on the food he eats, saying, "This is supposed to good for getting sons." Needless to say, he is frowned upo

The 'proposal to dispatch Korean soldiers to Afghanistan' that has already passed the National Defense Committee of the National Assembly, and the 'Anti-Terrorism Bill' proposed by the National Intelligence Service and submitted to the National Assembly, are being met with loud prote

On November 14, the female clergy-to-be of Wonbulgyo (translator's note: a religion based on Buddhism that originated in Korea) called for the abolishment of the oath of celibacy, collectively refusing to take the oath, which is a customary step when signing up for the Wonbulgyo studies course.A

Na, a student of S University who had been charged for cursing, threatening and shadowing a classmate for five months (reported in 628th edition of The Women's News), was sentenced to a prison term.On November 23, Na, who had been indicted for stalking someone using the telephone (suspected of v

"The philosophy of law? Yes, I've heard of it. It's about the ancient philosophers. It's not an important subject, a simple memory test. You're mistaken if you think that the philosophy or ethics of law have anything to do with reality."J, a law student waiting for the results of the

On October 4, with the shock of terrorist attacks in New York still creating ripples and the US on the verge of a strike-back against Afghanistan, another piece of news came from the US - news that the federal court of Washington had rejected the lawsuit by comfort women against the Japanese governm

As the world closely watches how the US retaliation war unfolds, President Bush announced on October 2, "war against terrorism will be launched in our own time."In fact, the US is "ready" for war, as it completed deployment of armed forces, weapons and warships near Afghanistan and Iraq. However, wo

The US administration demanded, through President Bush, that the world stand either "with the US or with the terrorists," and countries are moving to taking part in war in any form, based on calculation of national interests.While women, children, and the disabled remain stranded in fear in Afghanis

"The most fruitful outcome of this symposium was our visit to Miari district. We were able to compare the situation of prostitution in Korea and Hong Kong."This was how participants from Hong Kong organizations dealing with prostitution issues looked back on the International Symposium aimed at esta

With one year to go to the Johannesburg Summit 2002, women from Korea, China and Japan gathered to share experiences in their respective environmental movements and to evaluate post-Rio Summit accomplishments. During the 'Northeast Asia Women's Environment Congress for Rio+10' held from

More and more people in Korea are voicing their worries and opposition regarding the impending American war of retaliation against Afghanistan.Immediately following the terror attack on the US, the Korean government ordered the military to be on special guard, and decided to hang out the mourning fl

"They said that if we are trained from the beginning with the men, we will soon have equal opportunities as them when it comes to assignments and promotions, and better prospects as well. But those of us who know how things work in reality are skeptical about military co-education. The military is b

Ever since the government announced the introduction of the five-day week within this year, there has been a heated debate between workers and the management over related issues such as reduction of monthly and yearly leaves, the existence of monthly leaves for women, the premium for overtime work,

The Anti-Japanese Movement that occurred in Gujwa village of North Jeju Island in 1932 is the largest-ever fishers' struggle led by women, and is presumed to be have taken on the biggest scale among all the resistance movements of the 1930s. But these facts have remained buried for the past 50 y

I need to earn a living, so if they give me money, I sell my body, even if I don't want to. (D, aged 16) When my friend and I get paid for sleeping with men, there are so many things we want to buy that the money just seems to vanish. We have never received pocket money before. (J, aged 13) Afte

The bill for maternity protection (a revision of the Labor Standard Act, Equal Employment Act and the Employment Insurance Act) was passed on July 18 at the plenary session of the National Assembly. Accordingly, the new maternity protection laws will apply to all women workers who give birth after N

A heated debate has erupted over the importing of emergency contraceptives, birth control pills that can prevent pregnancy if taken within 72 hours after intercourse. The debate was sparked off by the application that French pharmaceutical firm HRA Pharma' submitted in May to the Korea Food and

How to gather the power of Korean women all over the world to elevate women's status?That was the topic that gathered more than 100 Korean women from 23 countries including the US, Germany, Australia, Russia and Egypt. The Global Korean Women's Network Rally, held in Seoul from July 2 to 4 o