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When U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris visited Seoul last September, she had a meeting with "Korean groundbreaking women" leaders to highlight the importance of gender equality and women's empowerment. When Yoon revealed the MOGEF abolition plan, he criticized the ministry as aligning with power instead of standing up for women and protecting women's rights, referring to the disappointing response by the ministry under the Moon Jae-in administration. [Extracted from the article]

President Bill Clinton's appointment of First Lady Hillary Clinton as chair of the President's Task Force on National Health Reform led to a lawsuit from an interest group. Pool Photo via Associated Press, Jeon Heon-Kyun In the United States, the president's spouse is backed by bureaucracy: The Office of the First Lady is an established White House entity with a history of promoting key agenda items of the Executive Office of the President. On June 13, Kim paid tribute to the late former President Roh Moo-hyun and met with the former first lady and spouse of President Roh. [Extracted from the article]

On March 9, South Korea successfully held its 20th presidential election, and former Prosecutor General Yoon Suk-yeol won the contest. Yoon said in his recent column for Foreign Affairs that South Korea, as both an advanced democracy and economic power, should play a leading role in development cooperation projects with emerging countries that seek to foster democracy. [Extracted from the article]