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A suspicious court decision

The proxy group for a former secretary of late Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon held its second press conference to expand on the charges of sexual harassment. During the press conference it accused staffers of the city administration...

2020-07-23

Smells like a cover-up

10 days have passed since the suspicious death of Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon. But an effort to uncover the truth behind his suicide over alleged sexual harassment of one of his secretaries has lost steam despite the obvious...

2020-07-19

Holier-than-thou

Members of the ruling Democratic Party (DP) rarely go against party lines. Former DP Rep. Keum Tae-sup once tried — and got penalized for it. Yet even as the vast majority of DP lawmakers speak with one voice, there are two...

2020-07-19

An extraterritorial castle

It is ironic that the late Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon, who had fought for gender equality at workplaces as a civilian rights lawyer and activist, ended his life shortly after he was accused of sexual harassment.In January 2012 —...

2020-07-16

Keeping silent on sexual harassment

“I will do my best as the first female vice speaker of the National Assembly to help bring gender equality in our society,” said four-term lawmaker Kim Sang-hee as she took the post on June 5. The first female vice speaker of the...

2020-07-15

Uncovering the leak

How did the late Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon come to learn he had been charged for sexual harassment by one of his secretaries?The accuser had filed charges with the police at 4:30 p.m. July 8 and was questioned until 2:30 a.m. the...

2020-07-15

Dig up the truth

Guardians of former secretary of the late Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon claimed that he had molested her for years despite repeated pleas to stop. The revelations from the victim disclosed in a press conference held immediately after...

2020-07-14

Fueling national division

The ruling Democratic Party (DP) and the Blue House continue demonstrating totally different attitudes about the deaths of the late Korean War hero Gen. Paik Sun-yup and Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon. The DP and Blue House did not...

2020-07-13

Fueling national division (KOR)

The ruling Democratic Party (DP) and the Blue House continue demonstrating totally different attitudes about the deaths of the late Korean War hero Gen. Paik Sun-yup and Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon. The DP and Blue House did not...

2020-07-13

Strange double standards

Democratic Party (DP) Lee Hae-chan lost his temper and reviled at a reporter who asked about the ruling party’s position on the sexual harassment charges against the late Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon as he walked out of a mourning...

2020-07-13