
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


Being a feminist in South Korea is often associated with being a man-hater. And people who are thought to look like feminists - by for example having short hair or not wearing makeup - can be ridiculed, or even attacked.
Rachel Lee, a journalist based in Seoul, explains why anti-feminist sentiment is growing among young men, how this plays out online, and what the government is doing to protect women. Investigative journalist Chloe Hadjimatheou talks us through the Burning Sun scandal - which saw some K-pop stars imprisoned for crimes against women.
And we unpack the 4B movement, which is currently doing the rounds on TikTok.
Note: This episode mentions sexual abuse.
Instagram: @bbcwhatintheworld
By BBC World Service4.3
1616 ratings
Being a feminist in South Korea is often associated with being a man-hater. And people who are thought to look like feminists - by for example having short hair or not wearing makeup - can be ridiculed, or even attacked.
Rachel Lee, a journalist based in Seoul, explains why anti-feminist sentiment is growing among young men, how this plays out online, and what the government is doing to protect women. Investigative journalist Chloe Hadjimatheou talks us through the Burning Sun scandal - which saw some K-pop stars imprisoned for crimes against women.
And we unpack the 4B movement, which is currently doing the rounds on TikTok.
Note: This episode mentions sexual abuse.
Instagram: @bbcwhatintheworld

7,913 Listeners

523 Listeners

296 Listeners

1,808 Listeners

1,729 Listeners

1,018 Listeners

503 Listeners

368 Listeners

311 Listeners

965 Listeners

471 Listeners

238 Listeners

394 Listeners

41 Listeners

30 Listeners