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South Korean Feminist & Ex-Political Prisoner Becomes Prime Minister

HeadlineMar 24, 2006

In South Korea, a woman has been selected to become the country’s first female prime minister. Han Myung-Sook is a former political dissident who was jailed for two years for opposing South Korea’s military dictatorship in the 1970s and 1980s. She is known as the godmother of South Korean feminism.

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