South Korean election video pulled after public outcry over misogyny

Gyeongsan, a city located about 300km (186 miles) southeast of Seoul, shared a 49-second video on its YouTube channel on Monday to encourage residents to participate in the election on June 3.

In the video, a male supervisor is shown throwing a crumpled a piece of paper at a junior worker, Korea JoongAng Daily reported. Additionally, he pressed his finger to her forehead and hit her on the head with a file folder.

Later in the video, she bites the supervisor’s finger in frustration, with the caption, “Don’t bite – ask about the candidate’s policies”.

The supervisor then grabs the woman’s hair after she teased him about his receding hairline, which was accompanied by the words, “Don’t pick on others – pick your rights”.

The video ended with the tag line, “Don’t take shots at others – focus on hope for tomorrow”, but only after if it showed a colleague removing the woman’s desk from the office after she was caught gossiping about the supervisor.