The South Korean Love Industry

[suxaholic.livejournal.com]

Further reading

English glossary of prostitution variants in Korea.

Tenpro: The story of high end prostitution in Korea Really interesting article if you are curious about celebrity prostitution

South Korean host bars - for women ( a podcast documentary) Really good  podcast that gives a really good insight into not just
prostitution but also Korean soceity

Delirious Emma Korean Cultural Experience: The Host Bar

“Specs” for the perfect Korean wife or husband.

Young Koreans’ struggles behind low birthrate

A pram too far South Korean women have gone on baby-strike

Seoul’s Losing Birth Rate Battle

source vice, bbc 1, 2 reddit, dukenex, the diplomat, economist, the grand narrative, delirous emma, korean herald,
bbc magazine,eat your kimchi


I added some links above with more info regarding the subject since I find  vice videos more often then not very sensasionalist. It's also at times troubling when a westerner comes to portray another culture as something strange and peculiar without tryng to understand the cause and effect of what they are portraying, especially complicated subjects.

Comments

[lovealwaysliana.livejournal.com]

"Love" industry. I'll have to watch/read this stuff. I'm really interested in sex trafficking research/documentaries. Not sure how that's connected to what this is, but just learning about the sex trade just blows my mind.

[laeryn.livejournal.com]

This topic interests me greatly, thanks OP! I've already read two of the articles actually (Tenpro and Specs) and wow, interesting.

Also those "specs" are crazy. I do believe that we all have expectations and certain things we look for in a partner, but man, let's be realistic xD

[donutism.livejournal.com]

I need to watch that documentary some time.

Also, does the ideal man / women even exist lol.

I think declining birthrates are a huge problem everywhere, but especially asia. I am from a country with even worse birthrates than korea, and i can totally see why women would not want kids. Why would I choose to work, look after kids, do chores, look after parent in laws and my own parents when I can be free and single, doing what I want with my own money.

Until society does something to help mothers, whether it is more maternity leave or whatever / change the mindset of women being expected to do so much, I don't see birthrates going up, because it just doesn't seem like a good option anymore for women.

[prlsb4swiine.livejournal.com]

i agree completely that mothers need more support, worldwide. It's not something we can ignore much longer

[jessi-cola.livejournal.com]

mte

[bubblechii.livejournal.com]

A+++

[love-keiko.livejournal.com]

WORD.

[prlsb4swiine.livejournal.com]

the photographer in the first vice video is such a character omg i starting crying when he was like "MOUTH TO MOUTH"

thank you for posting all of these sources op, I will definitely come back and take a look at them, I see a couple articles I haven't read yet, so I'm looking forward to those.

[chibi-rei.livejournal.com]

Where I used to live was commonly known for having a lot of "working girls". One time some Korean acquaintances wouldn't let me go home alone at night when I said where I lived cuz they thought it was dangerous/too seedy. I was like "Yeeeaah I'm pretty sure people in that area just wanna do their thang and aren't gonna bother me".

[integrawh.livejournal.com]

OMG I think some time last autumn I was walking with my boyfriend and few friends in Itaewon and they asked us if we would participate in filming and answer some questions about sex life. Of course we said no but now I wonder if this is the thing :O
Anyways, good watch!

[achan123.livejournal.com]

OT but your icon speaks sooo much to me ;_____;

[bishieaddict.livejournal.com]

Watched that 1st video and didn't know about the middle aged women in the park.... interesting. sucks that there is no welfare.

[crowleyd545.livejournal.com]

i went to Loveland with my mom, her cousin and her husband...i avoided eye contact with them throughout our walk in the park. so awkward.