South Korea Appoints Sewol Activist as Gender Equality Minister
President Yoon Suk Yeol has selected a prominent Sewol ferry disaster campaigner and basic income advocate to lead the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family. The appointment reflects a push to prioritize social welfare and victim advocacy in government leadership.
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Sewol activist tapped as gender equality minister
Yong Hye-in’s path into public life began with a silent march she organized as a university student to mourn the victims of the 2014 Sewol ferry disaster. Over a decade later, the two-term lawmaker has been nominated as gender equality and family minister. At 36, the progressive Basic Income Party floor leader is the first Cabinet nominee born in the 1990s. She helped found the party in 2020 around a pledge to provide every citizen with 600,000 won ($435) a month. Yong entered parliament that ye
By The Korea Herald
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SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Yonhap) -- Yong Hye-in, a two-term lawmaker advocating universal...
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