South Korea's ruling Saenuri Party demanded an opposition lawmaker resign from the National Assembly on Wednesday for hosting an art exhibition that included a nude painting of President Park Geun-hye.
During a general meeting of its lawmakers, Saenuri said the display was an act of insult against women and thus can be considered as a sexual harassment.
Last month, Rep. Pyo Chang-won of the Democratic Party organized an exhibition at a lawmakers' building in the National Assembly complex. It featured "Dirty Sleep," which depicted Park lying naked in a parody of Edouard Manet's "Olympia."
Rep. Pyo Chang-won of the Democratic Party walks into a general meeting at the National Assembly building where a group of Saenuri lawmakers are holding signs demanding his resignation (Yonhap)
The Saenuri lawmakers also claimed Moon Jae-in, a potential presidential candidate from the main opposition, should also be held responsible as he recruited Pyo before last year's parliamentary elections.MOST POPULAR