ACTIVISTS CRITICIZE DECEASED MAYOR FOR SEXIST ATTITUDE

HIGHLIGHTS

• Seoul mayor Park Won-soon recently committed suicide.
• Park Won-soon was accused of sexually assaulting many women.
• During 1990s, Park Won-soon advocated against gender discrimination as a human rights lawyer.

The magnitude of South Korea's sexism problem can be understood by the case of Seoul mayor Park Won-soon who was also a women's rights advocate.....