{
  "id": 2698852,
  "title": "Korean survivor fights for workplace harassment 'justice'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/korean-survivor-fights-for-workplace-harassment-justice-2698852",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-23T02:42:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/society/20260823/korean-survivor-fights-for-workplace-harassment-justice"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Korean advocate Baek Song-yi, 40, is fighting for the right of workplace harassment survivors to know how their cases were resolved after experiencing a troubling pattern in Korea's response to such incidents. While working at a US company with international offices, Baek alleged that her older male boss verbally harassed her. Following her report, the company demanded she sign a confidentiality agreement, warning her of potential termination for disclosing any information related to the process. Initially stunned, Baek refused to accept this agreement, and the investigation proceeded, ultimately confirming her complaint. However, the company still declined to reveal the specific disciplinary measures taken against the harasser, citing the need to align with a privacy protection law in Korea, according to Baek. An investigator informed her only that the harasser had been disciplined, but the specific nature of that disciplinary action remained undisclosed.",
  "summary": "Kept in the dark after reporting her boss for harassment, Korean advocate Baek Song-yi is now campaigning for survivors' right to know how their bullies were disciplined. Baek, 40, experienced first-hand a troubling paradigm in Korea's workplace harassment response, with victims often expected to keep silent while employers have no clear legal duty to tell them how their cases ended. At her…",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Korean survivor fights for workplace harassment 'justice'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/korean-survivor-fights-for-workplace-harassment-justice",
        "published": "2026-08-23T02:37:02.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}