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Alcohol damages for Seoul woman

A South Korean woman pressured by her former boss to drink alcohol at company dinners has been awarded damages by a court.
The unidentified woman's ex-employer was told to pay her 30m won (£16,275) by the Seoul High Court.
"It's a violation of human dignity to force one to drink against his or her will," Judge Kang-Young-ho was quoted as saying by the Associated Press (AP)........

............Her employer, according to AP, once threatened he would get a male colleague to kiss her if she did not take part in the drinking sessions. He also pressured her to drink when she was suffering from stomach problems, the agency reported. ....................