akdrv Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 Shin Saimdang has been chosen as the person to be pictured on the new W50,000 banknote to be issued in 2009, the first time a Korean heroine has caught the attention of the Bank of Korea. Yet some women's organizations that advocated the adoption of a woman as the face of a banknote are up in arms. Shin Saimdang is the epitome of a good wife and good mother, they say, and therefore inadequate as a role model for modern women. The head of a feminist organization that opposes the decision most vociferously said the decision “announces to the world that our nation is culturally a developing nation." http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/new...0711060008.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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