According to the World Gender Gap Report published by the World Economic Forum (WEF), the level of gender equality in Korea is still very low compared to its economic level, such as Korea's gender gap index ranked at the bottom of the list at 102nd out of 156 countries in 2021, and at the mid-lower ranks at 99th out of 146 countries in 2022, and the gender wage gap reached 31.5%. Moreover, it is difficult to solve issues of physical risk, gender violence combined with the development of digital technology, and hate issues experienced by women, which are important topics in Korean society, by approaching them from the perspective of welfare, population, or family. The essential function of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family is to serve as a control tower for gender equality policies in order to reveal and resolve the problems of conventional and structured gender discrimination. Therefore, it is necessary to discuss a system that can stably implement women's rights and gender equality policies, rather than the status or dissolution of the Ministry itself. Considering that the issues of gender equality, gender violence, female employment, and family care support are closely linked to the social and cultural structure, it is appropriate to coordinate and promote policies from a gender equality perspective, with a dedicated ministry as the leader, by organically linking and mediating relevant ministries, such as labor, welfare, environment, and education. 2) ‘Sindang Station Murder Case,’ Stalking Damages and Act on the Punishment of Stalking Crimes A) Implementation of the Act on the Punishment of Stalking Crimes and a Murder of a Stalking Victim On Sep. 14, 2022, a station attendant was killed by a stalking perpetrator in the women's bathroom at Sindang Station in Seoul. The perpetrator stalked the victim, who was a colleague at work, from Nov. 2019, installed a camera in the women's bathroom to illegally film the victim, and threatened the victim with the footage. At the time of the incident, the perpetrator was on trial for illegal filming and stalking, and committed the crime a day before the sentencing date. Both the perpetrator and the victim were employees of the Seoul Transportation Corporation, and the perpetrator was removed from his position on the 110

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