[Lee Kyong-hee] The plight of seamstresses, bakers and migrant farm workers
ViewpointsMay 26, 2022
“Sewing Sisters,” a full-length documentary released this year, transports viewers to Seoul Peace Market in the 1970s. It unmasks the fate of garment workers galvanized by a suicide-protest against their harsh working conditions. And, when layered over what we see today, it illuminates how much has not changed, despite the new president’s claim that structural gender inequality no longer exists in this country. Chun Tae-il was one of thousands of workers in a hive of sweatshop