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Ben "RealityMage" Mock's avatar

As a similar moment, the mass reporting of sexual harassment within the South Korean sporting hierarchy by a large number of women last year.

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

Do you have any articles you would recommend that I read about this, Litty? I didn't follow as closely as I should have.

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Ben "RealityMage" Mock's avatar

The Guardian did two good factual pieces about it at the start of the year:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/15/south-korea-sports-chief-apologises-after-olympic-speed-skater-alleges-coach-raped-her

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/23/south-korea-biggest-sexual-abuse-sport-investigation

While a lot of Western media kind of ignored it, there is a lot of stuff out there about. I recommend:

https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20190226006100315

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/28/688416051/south-korea-will-interview-thousands-of-athletes-after-rape-and-abuse-allegation?t=1576604608486

Sadly, the story really fizzled out after the primary announcements in January and were then overshadowed in July by the story of a Hungarian Olympian being held in South Korea over sexual assault allegations.

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

Sorry I'm so late here, but thank you for these links.

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