Sanitary Pad Price Increase Angers Korean Netizens

The announcement earlier this year by Yuhan-Kimberly, South Korea's leading company in the domestic sanitary pad market, that it would increase the price of its pads by up to 20 percent has resulted in a social media backlash against the company & the highlighting of stories from low-income teenagers who, already unable to afford sanitary pads & other products, have even had to miss school when having their period. Korea FM's Chance Dorland spoke with Korea Bizwire's Joseph Shin about news coverage of the controversy & also with Camilla Wirseen, CEO of The Cup Foundation, who says a sanitary pad substitute product used in developing countries would also be beneficial for South Korean women. Rate & Review this podcast at http://bit.ly/KFMReview This episode is brought to you by Podcast Assist's $30 per hour flat rate podcasting voice overs, editing, mastering, transcriptions & even hosting (select a topic & they'll create & host the podcast). Visit https://www.facebook.com/PodcastAssist/ for more information. Subscribe to this & other Korea FM original content via: iTunes - http://apple.co/1O91B39 Overcast - http://bit.ly/KFMovercast RSS - http://bit.ly/KFMfeed Stitcher - http://bit.ly/KFMstitcher audioBoom - http://bit.ly/KFMaudioBoom Player FM - http://bit.ly/KFMplayerfm Tunein - http://bit.ly/KFMtunein Acast - http://bit.ly/KFMacast