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Posted by
펜터치
Date
2015-10-30 17:43:44
Title/Subject
South Koreans addicted to prostitution
Today we are not going to talk about Korean women forced into prostitution by the Japanese, by their grand-daughters giving themselves to Korean businessmen for money, a practice that affects a considerbale percentage of the female population of South Korea.
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BBC News : S Koreans offered cash for no sex
Quote:Male workers who vow to stay away from prostitutes after year-end celebrations in South Korea are to be rewarded.
The Ministry for Gender Equality is offering cash to companies whose male employees pledge not to pay for sex after office parties.
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Officials say they want to put an end to a culture in which men get drunk at parties and go on to buy sex.
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Despite new anti-prostitution laws passed in 2004, the practice is said to be widespread in South Korea, with some estimates suggesting more than one million people work in the sex industry.
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One million sex workers for a country that has 17 million women aged 16 to 64, or more reasonably for this kind of job about 6 million women aged between 18 and 35. If this trend is stable over the decades, it means that about 1/6 of all Korean women pass through the sex industry at one point in their life. Amazing how this country is walking in Japan's footsteps !
