Embodied Subjects of Victimization: The Year in Korea

• Published in: Biography (Honolulu) Vol. 43; no. 1; pp. 114 - 120
• Main Author: Park, Heui-Yung
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Honolulu University of Hawai'i Press 2020; University of Hawaii Press
• Subjects: Actors; Injustice; Journalists; Jurisdiction; Market trend/market analysis; Otherness; Political power; Popularity; Sexual harassment; Suicide; Suicides & suicide attempts; Victimization; South Korea

Commonly referred to in Korea as the "ttangk'ong hoehang sakön" [nut-fly-back incident], it resulted from a temper tantrum by Cho Hyön-a (Heather Cho), vice president of Korean Air and the oldest daughter of its CEO, Cho Yang-ho. Because macadamia nuts were served to her in a bag inst...