South Korea has a dismal history compared to how women in other nations are treated in the workplace. Of all the developed countries, it's number one for the largest gender pay gap and places 118th out of 144 countries in the World Economic Forum's global gender gap index.
"There are high expectations that the #MeToo movement is bringing changes to South Korean society," says Kim Bo-hwa, a researcher at Woolim, a research center under the non-profit Korea Sexual Violence Relief Center. "But whether speaking out would continue depends on how society, the judiciary and the government respond."
There is still a big concern that women who do speak out face the risk of hurting their careers.