International Women's Day 2019: Scott Morrison says women shouldn't succeed only at expense of 'others' theguardian.com

2019 in South Korea – a year of female rebellion The past 12 months have been one of rebellion among women in South Korea. The country has arguably been at the forefront of East Asia’s MeToo movement. South Korea, meanwhile, saw some of the biggest demonstrations in recent memory after a series of sexual assault allegations against figures in politics, entertainment and the church, and mounting anger over government inaction on the widespread use of hidden cameras to spy on women in toilets and other public places. Last summer tens of thousands of women took to the streets of Seoul to call for action against the voyeurism epidemic. In a country where as many as a third of women have undergone cosmetic surgery, the backlash spread to take on traditional – and narrow– definitions of what constitutes Korean beauty, with women using social media to post pictures of destroyed piles of cosmetics, accompanied by the rallying cry “escape the corset”.