South Korea and feminist foreign policy approaches

Anyone who knows the Korean political scene is aware that supporting a feminist foreign policy approach would currently be political suicide

Over the last decade, countries like Sweden, Canada, and Australia sought to implement aspects of feminist foreign policy (FFP) into their diplomatic, defense, development, and trade policies. Each country faced difficulties on the way, and had to curtail aspects as geopolitical tensions increased, but also found that the approach opened new ways of thinking, inspired innovation, and attracted broader public support and engagement.

Anyone who knows the Korean political scene is aware that supporting a FFP approach would currently be political suicide. Even the mention of the word (and even the holding of the thumb and forefinger in the wrong positions) opens one to political attack. But the evidence is there. An FFP improves a middle power’s foreign policy and diplomacy. Could Korea pursue an FFP in all but name? What would it entail?

On the surface, FFP is an approach to international relations that seeks to address and rectify gender inequalities, both within the policy's own framewor…