A South Korean army recruitment poster was scrutinized after a hand gesture depicted by the model was linked to a controversial symbol. Many South Koreans associated the 'finger pinching' gesture with a negative cultural meaning.

A common hand gesture in a South Korean army recruitment poster has prompted scrutiny of a little-known cultural sensitivity in the country. In the poster, a female model in a combat uniform poses with her hand resting under her chin. All quite innocent – except her thumb and index finger form a shape that many South Koreans associate with man-hating, according to The Korea Herald. The finger pinching gesture is known as the “Megalian hand”, after the radical South Korean feminist group that...