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Breaking news and barriers: South Korea's first female anchor

Many women in South Korea face promotional barriers at work while carrying heavy childcare burdens and often feel forced to give up their careers. [AFP]

Under gleamingly bright studio lights, Lee So-jeong reads straight from a teleprompter, rehearsing her lines ahead of the primetime newscast for South Korea's national public broadcaster, KBS.

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