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Since May, women’s monthly protests in #Seoul vs "molka" or spycam videos which largely involve men secretly filming women in schools, offices, trains, toilets and changing rooms have become biggest-ever women's protest in South Korea sg.news.yahoo.com/spycam-porn-sp… h/t @LetaHong

Angry women will change the world - pics from women’s protests in #Seoul via @afp

“Entering a public bathroom is such an unnerving experience these days," Lee said. "You never know if there's a spycam lens hidden inside... filming you while you pee," the 21-year-old student told @AFP

The number of spycam crimes reported to police surged from around 1,100 in 2010 to more than 6,500 last year. The offenders have included school teachers, professors, doctors, church pastors, government officials, police officers and even a court judge.

“In some cases, the victims' own boyfriends or relatives were responsible for the crimes, in a troubling reflection of South Korea's deep-rooted patriarchal norms.”

In a sign of the ugly fight ahead of them, many of the protesters at a recent rally kept their faces covered and declined to be photographed due to worries over personal safety, with previous participants becoming the targets of relentless online bullying.

“The pent-up anger among women has finally reached a boiling point", a protest organiser who only identified herself as Ellin told @AFP. “Seeing so many women gather together to speak up was a deeply empowering experience...We have power. Together, we can make change happen.”