Childhood trauma drives equality push by South Korean MP
channelnewsasia.com"VERY NATURAL"Despite its economic advances, South Korea remains socially conservative and Human Rights Watch says discrimination against women and minorities is widespread.Jang said her family suffered: As well as autism, her sister has intellectual disability – conditions some blamed when they were growing up on their mother's supposed "sins".The mother struggled to cope and received limited help from the government or community, and eventually the disabled sister was placed in an institution where Jang alleges residents were mistreated.Soon afterwards their mother left the family and her father sent Jang to live with her grandparents."When I realised my mother had left, I was very sad, but on the other hand, I also thought it was a very.
