[Student Corner]#MeToo breaks silence in South Korea
(WorldNews South Korea)

Eju Ro By Eju Ro In the past few months, the #MeToo movement has made its way into South Korea. From the Korean stage and movie sets to the Blue House, new gruesome exposes of a few of the nation`s `favorite` male figures have been inundating the media every day. But the hashtag is more than simply a hashtag; it is a manifestation of a social revolution of sorts, one orchestrated by the long-silenced victims of sexual violence, and we need to recognize it as such. Particularly in South Korea, a traditionally conservative nation, the movement is a revolution. The prevalence of sexual violence in Korea, along with the hush-hush culture regarding victims and the sweeping-under-the-rug of the...