South Korea's gender pay gap grows as women get older

A Human Rights Watch report using South Korean government wage data finds women earn 8% less than male peers at 27 and 50% less by their late 50s. South Korea has had the OECD's highest gender pay gap since comparable records began in 1992. For "Too Old and a Woman," HRW interviewed 41 women aged 28–87; lower pay, career breaks and precarious work compound as job options narrow with age.