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South Korea: New President to Close the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family

Thursday, January 24th, 2008 @ 04:28 UTC

by Oiwan Lam

Countries:: South Korea
Topics:: Gender, Human Rights, Protest

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Jamie from Two Koreas blogs about women organizations' petition against the newly elected president Lee Myung Bak's plan to close the ministry of Gender Equality and Family.

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