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| Chung Sang-hoon pushes his daughter's bicycle outside his apartment in Seoul, South Korea, December 14, 2015. [Photo/Agencies] |
South Korean women have long believed employers punish them with lower wages and by passing over them for promotions because they're likely to take time off to have children.
That concern among women has contributed to the lowest birth rate among countries in the OECD group of rich nations.
South Korea also ranks 115th of 145 in the World Economic Forum's gender equality index.
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