Ministry of Gender Equality and Family
South Korean government organization
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| October 2025 | Won Min-kyong appointed as Minister of Gender Equality and Family under President Lee Jae Myung, taking office in October 2025 and currently serving as the incumbent minister. |
| 2022 | South Korea reached a record low fertility rate of 0.78 children per woman, becoming the OECD country with the lowest fertility rate. |
| 2021 | South Korea recorded a fertility rate of 0.81 children per woman. |
| August 2021 | The controversial teenage gaming shutdown law was officially abolished after years of criticism about its ineffectiveness and negative impacts on domestic game production. |
| 2020 | 20% of young South Korean women had undergone plastic surgery, highlighting extreme body image standards in the country. |
| 2020 | Global Gender Gap Report shows South Korea's improvements across subindices, with the highest score in Health and Survival (1st place), but lowest in Economic Participation and Opportunity (127th place). |
| 2019 | Korea Women's Hot Line analysis revealed a disturbing pattern of gender-based violence, finding that at least one woman was killed or nearly killed by her male partner every 1.8 days in South Korea. |
| 2018 | OECD Economic Survey recorded the female employment rate in South Korea at 56.1%, which was below the OECD average of 59.3%, while the male employment rate was 75.9%. |
| 2018 | OECD Economic Survey highlighted that female entrepreneurs in Korea were primarily concentrated in basic livelihood sectors like health, social welfare, accommodations, restaurants, personal services, and educational services. |
| 2017 | Statistical snapshot revealed women comprised 39.5% of full-time employment and 62.7% of part-time employment in Korea. |
| 2017 | UNDP Gender Inequality Index ranks South Korea 10th out of 160 countries, while the World Economic Forum ranks South Korea 118th out of 144 countries in its Global Gender Gap Report. |
| 2017 | OECD confirmed South Korea's last place position in gender pay gap rankings, with a 34.6% gap compared to the OECD average of 13.1%. |
| 2016 | The Gangnam Station murder occurred, where a man killed a woman he had never met before, specifically stating it was motivated by a general hatred for women, highlighting an extreme manifestation of gender-based violence in South Korea. |
| 2016 | A national survey revealed that 72% of girls under 18 in South Korea felt they needed to lose weight, compared to only 36% of boys. |
| 2013 | There was a public call for the abolishment of MOGEF, primarily due to criticism about the ministry's name containing the word 'Women' and accusations of taking sides in gender inequality issues. |
| 2013 | Patterson and Walcutt published a paper analyzing gender inequality in South Korean workplaces, highlighting systemic issues including weak legal enforcement and cultural barriers to equal opportunity. |
| November 2011 | MOGEF enforced a system of forced shutdown of teenage video gaming (청소년 게임 강제 셧다운제도), which was widely criticized for being ineffective and potentially encouraging teenagers to illegally use their parents' identification numbers. |
| November 2011 | The ministry implemented the System of forced shutdown of teenage gaming (청소년 게임 강제 셧다운제도), a law that restricted teenage gaming access, which was widely criticized for being ineffective and potentially encouraging teenagers to misuse their parents' identification numbers. |
| 2010 | Survey reveals 93% of South Koreans believe women should have equal rights to men, with 71% acknowledging that more changes are needed to achieve gender equality. |
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