SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean lawmaker came under fire this week after he scolded a female nominee to the country's antitrust body for not having a child to fulfil her duty to the nation.
Jeong Kab-yoon, a veteran member of the conservative opposition Liberty Party Korea, made the controversial remarks at a confirmation hearing on Monday for Joh Sung-wook, an unmarried economics professor.
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