Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon left note saying 'sorry' before his death
At the subway station exit, Lee Je-hee knelt down, weeping, while writing a message to a person she never knew.
Professor Yi Han Sang at Korea University criticized the Seoul city government for planning to establish a public mourning area near its building and use official funds for Park’s funeral, which is set for next week. He said the city government must stop acts that could lead to public criticism of the victim and focus on thinking about how to protect her and find out the truth about the allegation. The woman has not been publicly identified.
Though women’s rights have gradually improved in recent years, South Korea largely remains a male-centered society. The #MeToo movement thatoverthrew many male celebrities, but the women who had raised allegations sometimes faced strong online attacks and other backlash from supporters of the alleged abusers.
The most prominent South Korean man caught in the #MeToo movement was South Chungcheong Province Gov. Ahn Hee-jung, a liberal who is now serving a prison term of three and a half years for raping his former secretary.Earlier this year, Oh Keo-don, the former mayor of Busan, the country’s second-largest city, stepped down after a female public servant accused him of sexually assaulting her in his office.
Park led an aggressive campaign to try to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Seoul, shutting down thousands of nightspots and banning rallies in major downtown streets.
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