4 days ago
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- South China Morning Post
South Korea voting video pulled after public outcry over workplace abuse and misogyny
A video encouraging
South Koreans to vote in next week's presidential elections has sparked public outrage after it featured a male supervisor assaulting a female employee, leading to an apology from local authorities.
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Gyeongsan, a city located about 300km (186 miles) southeast of Seoul, shared a 49-second video on its YouTube channel on Monday to encourage residents to participate in the election on June 3.
In the video, a male supervisor is shown throwing a crumpled a piece of paper at a junior worker, Korea JoongAng Daily reported. Additionally, he pressed his finger to her forehead and hit her on the head with a file folder.
Later in the video, she bites the supervisor's finger in frustration, with the caption, 'Don't bite – ask about the candidate's policies'.
The supervisor then grabs the woman's hair after she teased him about his receding hairline, which was accompanied by the words, 'Don't pick on others – pick your rights'.
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The video ended with the tag line, 'Don't take shots at others – focus on hope for tomorrow', but only after if it showed a colleague removing the woman's desk from the office after she was caught gossiping about the supervisor.
