South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol was elected earlier this year in part by tapping into self-declared “anti-feminist” voters. He has vowed to abolish the country’s Ministry of Gender, which runs domestic violence hotlines and enforces gender quotas in government, including the lawmaking assembly. Many South Korean women are unhappy to see the “anti-feminist” faction, once a mostly online phenomenon, exert power through the state. The World’s Patrick Winn reports.
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