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Unfinished missions of the Gender Ministry

The government must allow the Gender Ministry to play its due role.

2024.3.13

Minister of Gender Equality and Family Kim Hyun-sook speaks to reporters on her way to work at the government complex in central Seoul Wednesday, after tendering her resignation to the president the previous day. [YONHAP]

On her way out, gender equality minister expresses 'regret'

Gender Equality Minister Kim Hyun-sook expressed her remaining "regrets" on Wednesday after she tendered her resignation to President Yoon Suk Yeol the previous day.

2024.2.21

Sorry about the Jamboree debacle, gender minister tells lawmakers

Minister of Gender Equality and Family Kim Hyun-sook made her first apology for her part in the fiasco that was the World Scout Jamboree in a National Assembly plenary session Wednesday.

2023.8.30

Democratic Party lawmakers attend a parliamentary Gender Equality and Family Committee meeting inquiring into the issues surrounding the recent World Scout Jamboree at the National Assembly in Yeouido, western Seoul, in the absence of Minister of Gender Equality and Family Kim Hyun-sook and members of the People Power Party (PPP) on Friday. [NEWS1]

DP criticizes gender minister for not showing up to Jamboree hearing

A plenary meeting of the parliamentary Gender Equality and Family Committee scheduled for Friday to discuss the issues surrounding the recent World Scout Jamboree was disrupted due to the absence of the gender equality minister and PPP lawmakers.

2023.8.25

Gender Equality Minister Kim Hyun-sook speaks at a press briefing at Saemangeum in Buan County, North Jeolla, on Aug. 7. [YONHAP]

Gender minister accused of staying at an air-conditioned accommodation during Jamboree

Despite Prime Minister Han Duck-soo's ordering the gender equality and family minister to remain at the camp, she stayed at a center equipped with bathrooms, shower booths, separate washstands and air conditioning.

2023.8.20

Deep puddles are visible at the abandoned World Scout Jamboree campsite in Saemangeum, North Jeolla, which was evacuated on Monday ahead of Typhoon Khanun. [YONHAP]

Knives come out as World Scout Jamboree ends

Almost every public safety crisis in Korea has led to finger-pointing, and the 25th World Scout Jamboree will likely be no exception as politicians on both sides began drawing knives over disastrous preparations for the event.

2023.8.11

Workers dismantle tents and facilities at the campsite of the 25th World Scout Jamboree in Saemangeum, a reclaimed flatland in Buan County, North Jeolla, on Wednesday. Officials at all levels of the local and central government are facing criticism for failing to heed warnings about the challenges of holding a large-scale event in the area. [YONHAP]

Jamboree organizers face scrutiny for ignoring warnings

As old warnings about the dangers of holding the World Scout Jamboree at Saemangeum come to light, the failure of the event's organizers to heed them have put them under immense scrutiny.

2023.8.10

Whoops!

The minister of gender equality and family canceled her daily briefing to the press Wednesday after she bragged about “Korea’s ability to respond to a crisis.”

2023.8.9

[Today's Cartoon] 2022.09.21

Opposition politicians demand the resignation of Kim Hyun-sook, minister of Gender Equality and Family, after she said that the stabbing of a female subway worker by her male colleague does not constitute a misogyny crime.

2022.9.20

President Yoon Suk-yeol meets with Minister of Gender Equality and Family Kim Hyun-sook at the presidential office in Yongsan, central Seoul, Monday. [YONHAP]

Yoon calls for road map to abolish gender ministry

President Yoon Suk-yeol ordered on Monday the preparation of a roadmap to realize his campaign promise to abolish the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family. The presidential order was made during a meeting with the Minister of Gender Equality and…

2022.7.25

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