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the Korea Exchange, which manages the Korean stock market, there is a controversy over the appointment of executives.
It is said that a person who has made derogatory remarks such as delisting a woman when she is over 30 will be appointed as the vice president of the exchange.
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large banner was hung on the top of the Korea Exchange building in Yeouido, Seoul stating that he opposes executives who practiced tyranny and demeaning women.
The person in question is General A.
The Korea Exchange union claimed that Director A made abusive remarks against women with distorted values such as 'a woman is a tool for childbirth'.
As a representative example, I heard that a new female employee said, "The listing will be delisted after the age of 30", that is, it will lose its value, or "I will give birth to a precious child who will pay my pension."
[Korea Exchange official: His notoriety was spreading among the employees. Anti-harassment law, if at the time. There is some backlash right now, there is some backlash.] The
union held a tent demonstration for nearly ten days saying there were other controversies, but Chairman Sohn Byung-doo posted a message on the internal internet network and eventually appointed Director A as the second vice president. He said he had no choice.
Chairman Sohn said, "Right now, there is a need for a virtuoso, that is, a courageous bravery rather than a virtuous person.We need to fix him and write better,” he insisted.
Next, General Manager A also posted an apology, saying that this problem was caused by an old-fashioned way of thinking that only knew about work, and that he would change his attitude in the future.
The reporter asked for the position again, but he replied that he would replace it with this apology.
If there is no objection at the next month's general meeting of shareholders, Director A will be promoted to the position of vice president of the exchange.
(Video coverage: Park Young-il, video editing: Won Yang)