Well, it seems that way at least in the government sector….
“Managers come to us asking for men, complaining that they have too many women in their office,” said Mr. Kim at the Foreign Ministry. “There aren’t enough men to go round. They’re in short supply.”
The recent surge of women in the public [...]
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Glass Ceiling Broken in Korea?
Hub of Abortion (Redux)
These statistics hint at Korea’s promiscuity as well as disregard for law….
The new drive to put an end to most abortions comes just at a time when the government is also moving to shed its "abortion republic" tag and boost the country’s one of the lowest birth rates in the world. [...]
Gyopos, Sparkling!
Here’s an article about gyopos returning to Korea:
Based on her interactions in South Korea, Babe says she can break down the attitudes toward gyopo into three types. She described the first as "a person that’s older who is sort of angry about you being a Korean but not [...]
Bonojit Hussain, Sparkling!
More on this gentleman at Marmot’s HellHole.
The recent incident of racist abuse against me that triggered off heated debates on racism in South Korea is not the first time that I experienced race-based discrimination here. But that became a moment for me when I felt enough was enough. I might not be the only [...]
Hub of Abortion?
Interesting article about a former abortion doctor turned pro-life activist.
The group’s stand has brought a tidal wave of criticism from the Korean Assn. of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, which represents more than 4,000 physicians in this country where abortions, although technically illegal, are so prevalent it has been tagged as "the Abortion Republic." [...]
Hub of Birthrate?
Interesting how they’re tying an anti-abortion campaign to an immigration policy.
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) — The South Korean government plans to step up its efforts to fight the issue of its shrinking birthrate through launching an anti-abortion campaign and seeking more foreign immigrants, a presidential council said Wednesday.
"The government decided to launch [...]
Daul Kim Commits Suicide in Paris
PARIS — A 20-year-old top South Korean model who was a fashion week regular in New York, Milan and Paris has been found hanged in her Paris apartment, a police official said Friday.
Daul Kim was found dead Thursday by her boyfriend, who alerted French police, the official said. He declined to be named in [...]
Seoul’s Christimas Tree
Union of Catholic Asian News reports that “the city council handed over responsibility for it to the Christian Council of Korea (CCK), an umbrella organization of conservative Protestant Churches, in 2002,” and that “[s]ince then, the group has replaced the traditional star atop the tree, which is usually put up on Dec. 10, with a [...]
Jumping the Asymptote: What’s Been Going On
Long-time readers of Hub of Sparkle know that I cross-post many of my articles at Jumping the Asymptote to HoS. What you may not know is that since August, I’ve actually been living in China. The Great Firewall of China has made it difficult to post both to Jumping the Asymptote and to Hub of Sparkle, [...]
Some Interesting Reading: Linkoseyo
This is starting to become a regular feature… possibly taking after my favorite ongoing feature at ROK Drop — the weekly linklets.
So here’s what’s reading over at Roboseyo’s house: a lot of interesting stuff, actually.
I have my own thoughts about the numbers focus in Korean megachurches… here’s a BBC write-up on the world’s largest church: [...]
Stop Crackdown at Popular Gusts
From Popular Gusts, Matt has a great article about migrant factory workers in Korea, and the junky way labor laws have been giving them the short end of the stick for years, and the way the OTHER Labor laws, which are supposed to protect them, somehow manage to go unenforced, despite numerous declarations by the [...]
Bangs Head Against Wall for the Umpteenth Time
Look about the English speaking section of K-Blogland and you will encounter no end of posts on Korea’s crap record in punishing sex offenders over the last little while. For a start see Gusts of Popular Feeling, for a primer. Amazingly the Korean side of the Internet has also been up in arms of late [...]
