Philippines' Duterte stirs controversy by kissing overseas worker

Philippine President Duterte sparks outrage for making a young overseas worker lock lips with him while on stage. [Courtesy]

A kiss by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on a Filipino woman’s lips while on an official visit in South Korea sparked anger and jokes on Monday, as feminists denounced what they called his “perverted way” of taunting his female critics.

Many Filipinos, however, thought it was a harmless kiss intended to be fun.