South Korea’s rapid economic growth has nurtured a very toxic environment for women. In 2020, South Korea ranked 108th out of 153 countries in terms of the gender gap between men and women, with only 2.1% of women in companies board of directors, according to the official report from the World Economic Forum. It also has the highest gender pay disparity among all Oecd (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries; women working in Korea earn only 63% of what men earn. Moreover, women hold only 17% of seats in the National Assembly which is in the fifth lowest among Oecd countries.
“Escape the Corset” is screening in Hong Kong Arts Centre on Friday 17/4 at 4 pm
as part of Women Direct. Korean Indies! – Korean Women Independent Film series, under the signature programme of the Hong Kong Arts Centre, Independently Yours
In this deeply patriarchal society, women must conform to an idea of femininity which...
“Escape the Corset” is screening in Hong Kong Arts Centre on Friday 17/4 at 4 pm
as part of Women Direct. Korean Indies! – Korean Women Independent Film series, under the signature programme of the Hong Kong Arts Centre, Independently Yours
In this deeply patriarchal society, women must conform to an idea of femininity which...
- 3/27/2021
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
In the London Korean Film Festival’s only teaser screening this year, Lkff presents “Kim Ji-young: Born 1982” with an introduction.
Based on the international bestselling book by Cho Nam-joo, hailed as one of the most important feminist novels in Korean. “Kim Ji-young: Born 1982” was the first Korean book in nearly a decade to sell more than 1m copies. To date it has been translated into 18 languages, and has also helped ignite a women’s rights movement in Korea and beyond. In a faithful adaptation, the film raises the same important questions about the societal role of modern women. Megastars Jung Yu-mi and Gong Yoo are reunited after lead roles in Train to Busan, with Jung Yu-mi winning a Grand Bell Award for her performance as the title character.
Kim Ji-young is an ordinary Korean woman in her 30s, struggling to cope as a full-time mum and housewife. Although...
Based on the international bestselling book by Cho Nam-joo, hailed as one of the most important feminist novels in Korean. “Kim Ji-young: Born 1982” was the first Korean book in nearly a decade to sell more than 1m copies. To date it has been translated into 18 languages, and has also helped ignite a women’s rights movement in Korea and beyond. In a faithful adaptation, the film raises the same important questions about the societal role of modern women. Megastars Jung Yu-mi and Gong Yoo are reunited after lead roles in Train to Busan, with Jung Yu-mi winning a Grand Bell Award for her performance as the title character.
Kim Ji-young is an ordinary Korean woman in her 30s, struggling to cope as a full-time mum and housewife. Although...
- 8/26/2020
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
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