Sexual minorities are often invisible : meet Seoul s only LGBT mayoral candidate
Vandalised campaign posters for Oh Tae-yang, an LGBTQ candidate who is standing in Seoul’s mayoral byelection in South Korea. Photograph: Office of Oh Tae-yang
Vandalised campaign posters for Oh Tae-yang, an LGBTQ candidate who is standing in Seoul’s mayoral byelection in South Korea. Photograph: Office of Oh Tae-yang
Oh Tae-yang was spurred to run for mayor by the deaths of high-profile LGBT figures, and has upset some in conservative South Korea
Mon 5 Apr 2021 19.52 EDT
One morning in late March, Oh Tae-yang awoke to news that his campaign banners, which feature rainbow flags and pledges to work toward same-sex marriage, had been vandalised, torn down and strewn across the ground.
Synopsis
A healing drama about a woman whose family is everything, and another woman whose success is everything, and the fierce battle between the two who jumped into the second act race of their lives, their moments of despair, and how they renewed their lives as they rise up again.
Broadcast starting date in Korea : 2021/04/12
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Illegal surveillance
NIS should prevent recurrence of bad practice
Controversy is growing over allegations that the nation s spy agency engaged in a wide range of illegal surveillance of lawmakers and other influential figures in 2009 during the 2008-13 Lee Myung-bak administration.
Rep. Lee Nak-yon, chairman of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), claimed Monday he had been informed that the National Intelligence Service (NIS) carried out illegal surveillance on 1,000 people, including 299 lawmakers, judges, prosecutors, journalists, civic activists and TV celebrities. DPK Rep. Kim Byung-kee submitted a motion calling for the release of the information the NIS had gathered through the alleged surveillance. The motion also demanded that the intelligence agency lay bare the truth behind the allegations and come up with measures to prevent a recurrence of such illegal spying practices. Fifty-two other DPK lawmakers joined Kim s move.
Posted : 2021-02-15 15:47
Updated : 2021-02-17 20:26
A voters puts a ballot into a box in a polling station at an elementary school in Seoul in this April 15, 2020, photo, to participate in the general election for the 21st National Assembly. This year s by-elections are set to be held on April 7, with early voting slated for April 3 and 4. Korea Times file
By Jung Da-min
With less than two months left ahead of this year s Seoul and Busan mayoral by-elections set to be held on April 7, political watchers are forecasting that voter turnout will be a key factor in determining the winners.
While there are several variables that could affect voter turnout, one of them is that the elections are being held on a work day, not on a public holiday.