A Samsung flag flutters at the company's Seocho building in Seoul. - AFP
SINGAPORE, Jan 22, 2022 (AFP): South Korean tech giant Samsung has pulled an online advert in Singapore that featured a hijab-wearing Muslim woman hugging her drag queen son after it sparked a backlash from socially conservative corners.
LGBTQ rights remain a sensitive topic in the prosperous city-state, where a rarely invoked colonial-era law banning sex between men was upheld by the country's High Court only two years ago.
