Opposition Korean Lawmakers Claim Sexual Harassment After Comment

This has to be one of the weakest sexual harassment claims I have seen yet:

Minjoo Party of Korea Rep. Yoo Eun-hye, second from right, stands with party lawmakers to announce that they will report Saenuri Party Rep. Han Sun-kyo to the Special Committee on Ethics for making a
Minjoo Party of Korea Rep. Yoo Eun-hye, second from right, stands with party lawmakers to announce that they will report Saenuri Party Rep. Han Sun-kyo to the Special Committee on Ethics for making a “sexually harassing” remark to Rep. Yoo during National Assembly audit sessions Thursday. / Yonhap

Rep. Han Sun-kyo has become the target of opposition criticism after making what female lawmakers claimed was a “sexually harassing” remark to Rep. Yoo Eun-hye during National Assembly audit sessions on Thursday.

Han, a ruling Saenuri Party lawmaker, was addressing sessions held to question the Education, Culture and Tourism Committee, of which he is a member. As he mentioned the rising controversies of the Mir and K-Sports foundations, he caught some of the main opposition Minjoo Party of Korea (MPK) lawmakers, including Yoo, laughing.

Apparently angered, Han, a former MBC news reader, asked Yoo, “What is so funny? Do you find me attractive or something?”

Yoo, offended by the comment, demanded Han apologize. MPK’s poet-turned-lawmaker Do Jong-hwan and Park Kyung-mi joined Yoo in criticizing Han.

Han apologized, saying he and Yoo are from the same alumni circle.

“I guess I might have lost grip since I perceived her as my colleague,” Han said during the audit’s follow-up session in the afternoon. “If she is still uncomfortable about what I said, I will make further apologies.”

Yoo was not moved by his apology.

“Before I am your colleague, I am a lawmaker representing my citizens and we are in the middle of an Assembly audit session,” Yoo said. “Your comment embarrassed me and neither is it appropriate to the committee.” [Korea Times]

You can read more at the link, but I find it ironic these opposition lawmakers are claiming that Han’s comment was inappropriate during a committee meeting when they were the ones giggling and disturbing the meeting in the first place.

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setnaffa
setnaffa
8 years ago

Such delicate snowflakes… If they cannot handle that, maybe they should avoid politics. And how would they react if the nork leader talked about them like he did about President Park? Cry? Launch missiles? Send a stern twitter message?

ChickenHead
ChickenHead
8 years ago
Redwhitedude
Redwhitedude
Reply to  setnaffa
8 years ago

They need to get Trumped to legitimize their complaints.

Redwhitedude
Redwhitedude
Reply to  ChickenHead
8 years ago

Too bad the guy is no Trump.

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