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"Hasty Equality" Hurts Women in the Military

"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

Society | reported by Cho Lee Yeu-wool , cognate@womennews.c | 2001-09-12 00:00

''Digging up'' the Forgotten Haenyeo Spirit

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

Society | reported by Cho Lee Yeu-wool , cognate@womennews.c | 2001-08-22 00:00

Ex-Freedom Fighter Grandma Go E-Hwa Receives the First Jeju Haenyeo Award

"When I was in U-do, I trained for two weeks wearing only my underwear and a headband. I didn't really know back then what I was doing."Go E-Hwa is the 87-year-old Haenyeo (women who dive into the sea to gather food) from North Jeju Island who received the first Jeju Haenyeo Award, created by th

People | reported by Cho Lee Yeu-wool , cognate@womennews.c | 2001-08-22 00:00

Stigmatizing Prostitutes is a Solution?

Youth and women groups are grappling with the challenge of finding fundamental solutions to the prostitution of under-aged people.On 5 June, the Juvenile Delinquency Department of the Seoul Prosecutor's Office (Chief Shin Man Seong) submitted a recommendation to the Ministry of Justice calling f

Politics | reported by Cho Lee Yeu-wool , cognate@womennews.c | 2001-06-27 00:00

Revival of the Military Nurse Officers Academy

The Korean government and ruling party opened the "Joint Conference of the Ministries of National Defense and Gender Equality" on May 31, and decided to reverse the previous military reform policy to close down the Military Nurse Officers Academy next year.The Democratic Party spokesperson explained

Society | reported by Cho Lee Yeu-wool , cognate@womennews.c | 2001-06-13 00:00

Bittersweet Encounter of Women Unionists and Policewomen

Afternoon of June 1, the National Assembly building. A face-off between women unionists and policewomen. The former are members of the Korea Confederation of Trade Unions, demanding the passage of the Maternity Protection Bill at the National Assembly. And the latter are the front-liners of the so-c

Photo | reported by Cho Lee Yeu-wool , cognate@womennews.c | 2001-06-13 00:00

Stalking Stops at Nothing Victims Feel ''Mentally Slaughtered''

A recent drama based on the true story of popular Korean singer L's encounter with a stalker was recently aired on TV, once again calling attention to the social issue of 'stalking.' The word 'stalking' (the act of tailing and harassing someone you are interested in) was coined o

Society | reported by Cho Lee Yeu-wool , cognate@womennews.c | 2001-05-30 00:00