[1] In Korea, we call factory women workers as Yo Gong (여공) which letters came from a Chinese character (女工).
Also, their derogatory name was Gongsuni (공순이) which is a combination of the word common woman's name (Gongdori) and factory (Gong Jang).
Not only there was a Naked Demonstration but there was also another significant event which was Korean Women Textile Workers Fighting for Fair Union Election from 1976 to 1978.
During 1970, the South Korean economy was difficult and was heavily depending and relying on the profits by gaining low industrial cheap products.
[5] In the beginning, most of the factories imposed workers to work overnight until Saturday and allowed them to rest on every Sunday.
Within and outside the factory, management controlled their lives and workers sincerely hoped and sought liberation from the cage of "work".
According to the KOSIS (Korea Statistical Information Service),[7] the rate of age 15 and older women workers were working reaching 52.7 percent in 2016.
It not only decreased the population and birth rate, but also caused various types of cancer to factory women workers in South Korea.
[9] Most of the women workers got tuberculosis by not eating enough or if the working condition or environment was bad that caused the disease.
Right after there was an economic crisis in South Korea in the 1990s, women workers had to face gender hierarchy in their community and union.