It maybe Asia's fourth-largest economy, but South Korea ranks only 111th out of 135 countries on gender equality, just behind the United Arab Emirates and one place ahead of Kuwait. France 24's Annette Young talks to Cho Yoon-sun, South Korea’s Gender Equality Minister, about the disconnect between the country’s image as a modern society and the lack of women in corporate and public life.

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