Older men who dominate politics ignore equality and representation, even as Yoon tries to raise Korea’s global profile
When U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen visited South Korea’s national bank in July, one of the top items on her agenda was a town hall event with the Bank of Korea’s (BOK) female employees, reportedly prepared at her request.
Why Yellen — the only woman in her economics Ph.D. class at Yale — chose to meet separately with Korean women in public service should be obvious: BOK Governor Rhee Chang-yong is a man, as were all 26 of his predecessors. Among 976 cabinet-level peers appointed across the ROK’s 74-year history, only 59 (6.36%) were women.
When U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen visited South Korea’s national bank in July, one of the top items on her agenda was a town hall event with the Bank of Korea’s (BOK) female employees, reportedly prepared at her request.
Why Yellen — the only woman in her economics Ph.D. class at Yale — chose to meet separately with Korean women in public service should be obvious: BOK Governor Rhee Chang-yong is a man, as were all 26 of his predecessors. Among 976 cabinet-level peers appointed across the ROK’s 74-year history, only 59 (6.36%) were women.
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