Gender Watchdog
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Exposing institutional capture through Dongguk University: falsified partnerships (2/5 Canadian), Title IX failures, exploitation systems, 180+ days institutional silence, Supported by EROC. genderwatchdog.substack.com
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Gender Watchdog
@genderwatchdog.org
· Oct 10
This isn't poor prioritization. It's predictable resource allocation when leadership attention flows to maintaining prestige networks rather than basic infrastructure.
• Late Sept 2025: Govt data center
fire → 647 services offline for a
month
• No hot-site backup despite "IT
powerhouse" claims
• Constant hacking at major companies
(KT, others) and govt
• Systematic customer data breaches
across telecom giants
fire → 647 services offline for a
month
• No hot-site backup despite "IT
powerhouse" claims
• Constant hacking at major companies
(KT, others) and govt
• Systematic customer data breaches
across telecom giants
October 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
• Late Sept 2025: Govt data center
fire → 647 services offline for a
month
• No hot-site backup despite "IT
powerhouse" claims
• Constant hacking at major companies
(KT, others) and govt
• Systematic customer data breaches
across telecom giants
fire → 647 services offline for a
month
• No hot-site backup despite "IT
powerhouse" claims
• Constant hacking at major companies
(KT, others) and govt
• Systematic customer data breaches
across telecom giants
**Bot traffic crashed our blog 48h before APEC. Investigation found it's part of a global AI scraping crisis breaking infrastructure daily.**
ALERT: Our blog exposing Korea's institutional capture was domain-blocked 48 hours before APEC Leaders' Week.
Custom domain stopped resolving Oct 25. APEC meets Oct 27-Nov 1 in Gyeongju—where we documented student exploitation.
Content still accessible: genderwatchdog.bearblog.dev
Custom domain stopped resolving Oct 25. APEC meets Oct 27-Nov 1 in Gyeongju—where we documented student exploitation.
Content still accessible: genderwatchdog.bearblog.dev
October 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
**Bot traffic crashed our blog 48h before APEC. Investigation found it's part of a global AI scraping crisis breaking infrastructure daily.**
TIMELINE: What happens when you document sexual violence in Korean universities during APEC Korea
✓ 4 months surveillance
✓ Korean platform censorship
✓ Xiaohongshu ghost-banning
✓ Western platform suppression
✓ Domain blocking 48h before summit
link: blog.genderwatchdog.org/surveillance...
✓ 4 months surveillance
✓ Korean platform censorship
✓ Xiaohongshu ghost-banning
✓ Western platform suppression
✓ Domain blocking 48h before summit
link: blog.genderwatchdog.org/surveillance...
October 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
TIMELINE: What happens when you document sexual violence in Korean universities during APEC Korea
✓ 4 months surveillance
✓ Korean platform censorship
✓ Xiaohongshu ghost-banning
✓ Western platform suppression
✓ Domain blocking 48h before summit
link: blog.genderwatchdog.org/surveillance...
✓ 4 months surveillance
✓ Korean platform censorship
✓ Xiaohongshu ghost-banning
✓ Western platform suppression
✓ Domain blocking 48h before summit
link: blog.genderwatchdog.org/surveillance...
ALERT: Our blog exposing Korea's institutional capture was domain-blocked 48 hours before APEC Leaders' Week.
Custom domain stopped resolving Oct 25. APEC meets Oct 27-Nov 1 in Gyeongju—where we documented student exploitation.
Content still accessible: genderwatchdog.bearblog.dev
Custom domain stopped resolving Oct 25. APEC meets Oct 27-Nov 1 in Gyeongju—where we documented student exploitation.
Content still accessible: genderwatchdog.bearblog.dev
October 25, 2025 at 8:11 AM
ALERT: Our blog exposing Korea's institutional capture was domain-blocked 48 hours before APEC Leaders' Week.
Custom domain stopped resolving Oct 25. APEC meets Oct 27-Nov 1 in Gyeongju—where we documented student exploitation.
Content still accessible: genderwatchdog.bearblog.dev
Custom domain stopped resolving Oct 25. APEC meets Oct 27-Nov 1 in Gyeongju—where we documented student exploitation.
Content still accessible: genderwatchdog.bearblog.dev
While 7 million Americans rallied in 2,700 cities chanting "NO KINGS" against authoritarianism...
Korea Herald reported South Korea was "mulling awarding highest order to Trump during APEC visit."
The contradiction reveals institutional capture in real time.🧵
Korea Herald reported South Korea was "mulling awarding highest order to Trump during APEC visit."
The contradiction reveals institutional capture in real time.🧵
October 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM
While 7 million Americans rallied in 2,700 cities chanting "NO KINGS" against authoritarianism...
Korea Herald reported South Korea was "mulling awarding highest order to Trump during APEC visit."
The contradiction reveals institutional capture in real time.🧵
Korea Herald reported South Korea was "mulling awarding highest order to Trump during APEC visit."
The contradiction reveals institutional capture in real time.🧵
Breaking: Video of man in opposition party (PPP) jacket harassing Chinese-owned PC room in Seoul goes viral.
1.3M views, 6.6K likes. Zero English-language press coverage.
Documentation thread 🧵
1.3M views, 6.6K likes. Zero English-language press coverage.
Documentation thread 🧵
October 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Breaking: Video of man in opposition party (PPP) jacket harassing Chinese-owned PC room in Seoul goes viral.
1.3M views, 6.6K likes. Zero English-language press coverage.
Documentation thread 🧵
1.3M views, 6.6K likes. Zero English-language press coverage.
Documentation thread 🧵
The backlash reveals a pattern we've been documenting: when institutions prioritize prestige optics over substance, it scales across ALL governance domains.
£500k over 20 years = £25k/year. For context on this pattern: bsky.app/profile/gend...
£500k over 20 years = £25k/year. For context on this pattern: bsky.app/profile/gend...
'Breast Cancer Awareness Event' by 'W Korea' facing scathing backlash: drinking, partying, raising zero dollars for breast cancer
www.allkpop.com/article/2025...
www.allkpop.com/article/2025...
'Breast Cancer Awareness Event' by 'W Korea' facing scathing backlash: drinking, partying, raising zero dollars for breast cancer
The '20th Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign Charity Event', hosted by 'W Korea', is facing scathing backlash from Korean netizens.The event, which t…
www.allkpop.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:29 AM
The backlash reveals a pattern we've been documenting: when institutions prioritize prestige optics over substance, it scales across ALL governance domains.
£500k over 20 years = £25k/year. For context on this pattern: bsky.app/profile/gend...
£500k over 20 years = £25k/year. For context on this pattern: bsky.app/profile/gend...
Another data point in Korea's "prestige optics over governance" pattern:
W Korea's 20th annual breast cancer "awareness" event facing backlash for raising ~£500k over 20 years while hosting luxury celebrity parties with drinking, dancing, zero pink ribbons.
Why this matters beyond entertainment: 🧵
W Korea's 20th annual breast cancer "awareness" event facing backlash for raising ~£500k over 20 years while hosting luxury celebrity parties with drinking, dancing, zero pink ribbons.
Why this matters beyond entertainment: 🧵
October 17, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Another data point in Korea's "prestige optics over governance" pattern:
W Korea's 20th annual breast cancer "awareness" event facing backlash for raising ~£500k over 20 years while hosting luxury celebrity parties with drinking, dancing, zero pink ribbons.
Why this matters beyond entertainment: 🧵
W Korea's 20th annual breast cancer "awareness" event facing backlash for raising ~£500k over 20 years while hosting luxury celebrity parties with drinking, dancing, zero pink ribbons.
Why this matters beyond entertainment: 🧵
Korea's $390M sovereign AI initiative—LG's Exaone, SK's A.X, Naver's HyperCLOVA X competing with OpenAI/Google—is ambitious. But there's a governance question that needs attention before international scaling. 🧵
Korea's AI ambitions are impressive technically—but recent evidence of institutional capture raises urgent questions: are "safety standards" being designed to protect institutions rather than users?
October 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Korea's $390M sovereign AI initiative—LG's Exaone, SK's A.X, Naver's HyperCLOVA X competing with OpenAI/Google—is ambitious. But there's a governance question that needs attention before international scaling. 🧵
SB 243's suicide prevention guardrails are exactly what's needed. The Sewell Setzer case shows the stakes. But there's a deployment governance gap worth examining. 🧵
Gov. Newsom signs AI safety bill aimed at protecting children from chatbots
Gov. Newsom signs AI safety bill aimed at protecting children from chatbots
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed a bill into law that aims to make artificial intelligence-powered chatbots safer despite some pushback from the tech industry.
www.latimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:59 AM
SB 243's suicide prevention guardrails are exactly what's needed. The Sewell Setzer case shows the stakes. But there's a deployment governance gap worth examining. 🧵
BREAKING: APEC Secretariat liked our thread about Korea's institutional capture during APEC Leaders' Week.
Within 23 minutes, our reply vanished from under APEC's post—while remaining accessible via direct URLs.
This is the evidence. 🧵
Within 23 minutes, our reply vanished from under APEC's post—while remaining accessible via direct URLs.
This is the evidence. 🧵
October 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM
BREAKING: APEC Secretariat liked our thread about Korea's institutional capture during APEC Leaders' Week.
Within 23 minutes, our reply vanished from under APEC's post—while remaining accessible via direct URLs.
This is the evidence. 🧵
Within 23 minutes, our reply vanished from under APEC's post—while remaining accessible via direct URLs.
This is the evidence. 🧵
URGENT: SYSTEMATIC CENSORSHIP OF LGBT HUMAN RIGHTS CONTENT (JULY 2025)
On July 5, 2025, Gender Watchdog posted content addressing systematic sexual violence against LGBT individuals in the Korean military across 20+ university galleries on DC Inside.
#LGBTRights #Censorship #Korea
On July 5, 2025, Gender Watchdog posted content addressing systematic sexual violence against LGBT individuals in the Korean military across 20+ university galleries on DC Inside.
#LGBTRights #Censorship #Korea
July 16, 2025 at 1:17 AM
URGENT: SYSTEMATIC CENSORSHIP OF LGBT HUMAN RIGHTS CONTENT (JULY 2025)
On July 5, 2025, Gender Watchdog posted content addressing systematic sexual violence against LGBT individuals in the Korean military across 20+ university galleries on DC Inside.
#LGBTRights #Censorship #Korea
On July 5, 2025, Gender Watchdog posted content addressing systematic sexual violence against LGBT individuals in the Korean military across 20+ university galleries on DC Inside.
#LGBTRights #Censorship #Korea
We are honored to be supported by End Rape On Campus in exposing the systemic sexual violence cover-ups at Dongguk University in Seoul, Korea.
EROC's Survivor Spaces platform collects and shares stories from survivors: stories.itsonus.org
#MeTooKorea2025 #CampusSexualViolence #KoreanFilmIndustry
EROC's Survivor Spaces platform collects and shares stories from survivors: stories.itsonus.org
#MeTooKorea2025 #CampusSexualViolence #KoreanFilmIndustry
Survivor Spaces Community ~ A safe harbor for survivors
A safe harbor for survivors of sexual harm, domestic violence, and abuse. Share your story, exchange messages of hope, and find community support.
stories.itsonus.org
July 11, 2025 at 4:47 AM
We are honored to be supported by End Rape On Campus in exposing the systemic sexual violence cover-ups at Dongguk University in Seoul, Korea.
EROC's Survivor Spaces platform collects and shares stories from survivors: stories.itsonus.org
#MeTooKorea2025 #CampusSexualViolence #KoreanFilmIndustry
EROC's Survivor Spaces platform collects and shares stories from survivors: stories.itsonus.org
#MeTooKorea2025 #CampusSexualViolence #KoreanFilmIndustry