WOMEN REPRESENTATIVES HIGHEST IN DECADES IN SOUTH KOREA’S PARLIAMENT

• The proportion of female lawmakers in South Korea's parliament, as well as that of female ministers in the Cabinet, has scaled an all-time peak, data revealed on Saturday.
• According to the gender equality ministry and Statistics Korea, 57 women were nominated for in the April 15 general elections, attributing 19 percent of the total 300 members in the National Assembly.

Four years earlier, 51 wo....