S Korean court recognises misogyny as hate crime motive

Women's groups hailed a South Korean court decision recognising misogyny as a motive for a hate crime

A South Korean court has recognised misogyny as a motive for a hate crime, its spokesperson told AFP Thursday, a decision activists hailed as a breakthrough for women's rights.

The ruling was made in connection to a case where a convenience store worker was attacked by a man shouting "feminists deserve to be beaten" because she had short hair.

The Changwon District Court on Tuesday upheld the assailant's three-year jail term -- and added a clause in its ruling that explicitly stated the crime was motivated by misogyny.

The assailant, bokep chindo who was in his 20s, committed the crime "based on unfounded hatred and prejudice against women, which constitutes a condemnable motive for the offence," the court ruled, a spokesperson told AFP Thursday.

The verdict cannot be appealed, he added. Leer más