South Korea saw its biggest and largest women's rights march in history after thousands of female activists and girls took to the streets of Seoul to protest against the widespread hidden camera porn industry known as 'hidden cam'. The activists have also alleged of police bias in handling the cases of sex crimes. Multiple reports of spying on women in public bathrooms, trains, and other public places have been reported but the women claim that little or no action has been taken against it.
According to media reports, close to 30,000 women were part of a strong march in which women came wearing masks so as not to get exposed and marched from the Hyehwa Station in capital city of Seoul. The women said that hidden cameras were invading their lives and that the state has been founding wanting in case of action against the crime.
Some Twitter users put images of the spy cams that are hard to detect to underline the danger and presence of it in public as well as private places:
Here's a crazy #spycams #몰카: the screw on a toilet door. These things are real, and we have no idea about them. pic.twitter.com/jh3If52Itt
— Raphael Rashid (@koryodynasty) June 10, 2018
The Korea Expose called it the "largest rally attended only by women in South Korean history"
"My life isn't your porn." Watch the largest rally attended only by women in South Korean history.
My daily routine is not your porn. Korea Expo introduces the biggest female congress in Korean history to foreign readers. # Hyehwa protest
Full story/기사: https://t.co/Ui59oMlO7G pic.twitter.com/Xg5NJwouLu
— Korea Exposé (@KoreaExpose) June 10, 2018
Another tweet, called the moment a "history in the making", to highlight the protest against the hidden spy cam which has came to be known as 'molka':
History in the making. More than 20,000 South Korean women angrily urged the gov't to crack down on the widespread 'molka' (spy cam) crimes that secretly film women at public toilet/public transport/office/school- in the biggest-ever protest held by women in the nation. #혜화시위 pic.twitter.com/AYJbLAG8Ut
— Hawon Jung (@allyjung) June 9, 2018
The protesting women were seen holding ply cards and banners reading "My life is not your porn" and demanded strong action against all those who are involved in the production and consumption of the spy cam porn. The women shouted slogans such as: Those men who film molka (spycam)!Those who upload it!Those who watch it! All should be arrested & face stern punishment! It remains to be seen what action the authorities initiate after the large protests.
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