Mourners attending the funeral ceremony for the mother of former provincial governor Ahn Hee-jung, in Seoul on Ju;ly 6, 2020. - Yonhap/AFP
SEOUL (AFP): South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who promised to be a "feminist leader" during his election campaign, was under fire Thursday (July 9) for sending condolence flowers to the funeral of a convicted sex offender's mother.
Moon and dozens of senior politicians -- almost all of them male, and from both sides of the aisle, but mostly from his ruling centre-left Democratic Party -- sent bouquets for this week's ceremony for Ahn Hee-jung's mother.
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