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Ministry of Women and Family), formerly the Ministry of Gender Equality (여성부, 女性部, lit. ' Ministry of Women ' ), is a cabinet-level division of the government of South Korea . It was created on February 28, 1998, as the Presidential Commission on Women's Affairs .
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (농림축산식품부, 農林水産食品部) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (외교부, 外交通商部) Ministry of Gender Equality and Family (여성가족부, 女性部) Ministry of Government Legislation (법제처, 法制處) Ministry for Health and Welfare (보건복지부, 保健福祉部)
Tourism in South Korea and its industry caters to both foreign and domestic tourists. [1] [2] In 2023, 11.0 million foreign tourists visited South Korea, making it the 20th most visited country in the world. [3] Most non-Korean tourists come from East Asia and North America, such as Taiwan and the United States.
In 2023, the South Korean government's Ministry of Gender Equality and Family revealed that 60.0% of women aged 15–64 were employed, compared to 76.9% of men. [24] The average wage per person across 370 companies was ₩57.55 million (US$50,308.14) for women and ₩78.06 million (US$68,237.25) for men, representing a gap of 26.3%. [21]
While the 2017 UNDP Gender Inequality Index ranks South Korea 10th out of 160 countries, the World Economic Forum ranks South Korea 118th out of 144 countries in its 2017 Global Gender Gap Report. [ 4 ] [ 2 ] In their 2013 study, Branisa et al. explain that indices like the Global Gender Gap Index tend to be "outcome-focused", which means they ...
The Republic of Korea (ROK or South Korea) ratified the 2000 UN TIP Protocol in November 2015. [1] In 2018, the Government of the Republic of Korea (ROK or South Korea) did not meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. The government continues to make improvements but South Korea had been lowered to Tier 2.
The former ministry building in Seoul. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST; Korean: 문화체육관광부) is a central government agency of South Korea responsible for the areas of tourism, culture, art, religion, and sports. It has two vice ministers, three assistant ministers, one commission, and over 60 divisions.
In 2013 Kwon Seon-joo became South Korea's first female bank CEO, as the CEO of state-owned Industrial Bank of Korea. [59] In 2021, South Korea's actress Youn Yuh-Jung became the first Korean actress to be nominated for an Academy Award. [60] The nominated movie Minari is about the settlement of Korean families who immigrated to the United ...