The literature review was conducted to examine the South Korean labour market, encompassing the evolution of the female labour force, the pursuit of gender equality, and the advancement of women's rights in South Korea. In conducting the systematic literature review, the four-step method and the snowballing approach proposed by Webster and Watson were adopted. The review showed that the traditional Confucian hierarchy of male dominance endured into the early industrial era and persists in modern South Korean society, despite the capacity of women to make significant contributions to the economy and society. Thus, Korean women face significant structual gender discrimination in the labour market so that Korea has the highest gender pay gap even though the number of college graduate among women are higher than men and the country has well established supporting programmes for female workers. There is also a significant research gap, as few scientific or academic papers or studies have been conducted on inequality in the Korean labour market, despite the fact that it poses a significant challenge to Korean society.