Women's Political Participation in Korea

This paper deals with the development and obstacles of Korean women’s political participation in recent years. Since the year 1948 after the declaration of a modern state, Korea has tried to establish the democracy but still in the field of women’s political participation it meets a lot of problems such as women’s political consciousness, male dominated political culture and institutional constraints. After the introduction of quota system in the list of political party, women’s political participation began to change its configuration. More women candidates have willingly presented at elections. Keywords—Korean women, political participation, quota, education.