K-Women in their 20s and 30s leading the rally...Why?
[Anchor]
Last weekend, three out of 10 participants in a rally calling for the president's impeachment were estimated to be women in their 20s and 30s.
Why did young women take to the streets leading the new protest culture?
Reporter Kim Seung-hwan pointed it out.
[Reporter]
There was a candle in the hands of citizens at a large-scale rally eight years ago.
Citizens who came out to the streets this year have not only candles but also LED light sticks in their hands,
It is noticeable that a large number of young women attended.
[Son Ji-min / Daelim-dong, Seoul: I didn't want to see the country ruined anymore because of a small number of incompetent people.]
As of 5 p.m., when the National Assembly's impeachment vote was held,
There is also an estimate that 3 out of 10 participants in the rally around the National Assembly in
province were women in their 20s and 30s.
[Yoon Yeo-jun / Former Environment Minister (CBS Radio 'Kim Hyun-jung's News Show'): It's the power of young women that I've seen a lot of hope this time. Wasn't it the power of young women that drove this rally?]
In women's circles, young women have always been at the center of the demonstration, just like the 'cannabis unit' during the mad cow protests,
The so-called 'proud' sentiment, which is seen as a unique phenomenon, is a view that has ignored the participation of women.
However, since President Yoon has been using "gender division" since he was a presidential candidate, such as making a representative pledge to abolish the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family,
In particular, many women had no choice but to take to the streets.
[Yi Hyun-kyung/Co-CEO of the Korean Women's Association: Anti-feminism] Using 'gender split' to erase women.... This level of anti-female politics is completely unprecedented. Park Geun Hye It wasn't like that during the government either]
The protest culture of "nonviolence" and "solidarity," centered on young women, is attracting attention as a new cultural phenomenon.
I'm YTN's Kim Seung Hwan.
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Last weekend, three out of 10 participants in a rally calling for the president's impeachment were estimated to be women in their 20s and 30s.
Why did young women take to the streets leading the new protest culture?
Reporter Kim Seung-hwan pointed it out.
[Reporter]
There was a candle in the hands of citizens at a large-scale rally eight years ago.
Citizens who came out to the streets this year have not only candles but also LED light sticks in their hands,
It is noticeable that a large number of young women attended.
[Son Ji-min / Daelim-dong, Seoul: I didn't want to see the country ruined anymore because of a small number of incompetent people.]
As of 5 p.m., when the National Assembly's impeachment vote was held,
There is also an estimate that 3 out of 10 participants in the rally around the National Assembly in
province were women in their 20s and 30s.
[Yoon Yeo-jun / Former Environment Minister (CBS Radio 'Kim Hyun-jung's News Show'): It's the power of young women that I've seen a lot of hope this time. Wasn't it the power of young women that drove this rally?]
In women's circles, young women have always been at the center of the demonstration, just like the 'cannabis unit' during the mad cow protests,
The so-called 'proud' sentiment, which is seen as a unique phenomenon, is a view that has ignored the participation of women.
However, since President Yoon has been using "gender division" since he was a presidential candidate, such as making a representative pledge to abolish the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family,
In particular, many women had no choice but to take to the streets.
[Yi Hyun-kyung/Co-CEO of the Korean Women's Association: Anti-feminism] Using 'gender split' to erase women.... This level of anti-female politics is completely unprecedented. Park Geun Hye It wasn't like that during the government either]
The protest culture of "nonviolence" and "solidarity," centered on young women, is attracting attention as a new cultural phenomenon.
I'm YTN's Kim Seung Hwan.
Video editing Oh HWONSEULGI
Design Jung Eun-ok
※ 'Your report becomes news'
[Kakao Talk] YTN Search and Add Channel
[Phone] 02-398-8585
[Mail] social@ytn.co.kr
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