S Korea wants crackdown on Sydney prostitutes

[unreal.livejournal.com]

The South Korean government says it has written to a dozen Sydney councils asking for any information they might have about Korean nationals who are involved in prostitution at local brothels.

The letter from South Korea's consul general, Jin Soo Kim, says the government believes the number of Korean nationals involved in the sex industry could be growing and it wants to eliminate human trafficking and sex slavery while protecting the victims.

It has asked councils to supply information on the number of brothels in their areas and urges them to provide details of Korean nationals involved either as victims or offenders, saying a South Korean police attache is ready to support enforcement activities where needed.


A spokesman for the consul general says councils have responded by providing information only on the number of brothels in their areas.

He says his government is concerned about the damage to its public image over the issue of prostitution, which is illegal in South Korea.

South Korea has rejected suggestions any of its nationals working as sex slaves would be punished if they returned home.

But a lawyer with the Anti-Slavery Project at the NSW University of Technology is concerned about the request.

"If a Korean national engages in sex work outside Korea then he or she is still liable for prosecution in Korea," Jennifer Byrne said.

Source: abc

Comments

[kittycurious.livejournal.com]

Well it's great they want to try to eliminate sex slavery/human trafficking, the general tone seems to be assuming that the people wouldn't choose the work willingly. So, what if they willing entered into sex work? Would they still be targeted by the Korean government because they're Korean or would their choice be respected?

[phililen3.livejournal.com]

They don't like to believe that people can actually willingly go into prostitution, that they do it because there can be some serious money to be made.

[oonalala.livejournal.com]

"He says his government is concerned about the damage to its public image over the issue of prostitution..."

Huh? The Korean government's first concern is the damage to it's public image??? Not the safety and well being of it's citizens who may have been enslaved into the sex trade??? SMH.

By the way, is prostitution legal in Australia?

[oonalala.livejournal.com]

Nevermind. I forgot I have this thing called the internet where I can just look up the answer to the question.

[geonitacka.livejournal.com]

I remember that...D:

[yolleh.livejournal.com]

I've never seen this before.
Park Shin Hye was utterly flawless in my eyes before this tbh. Now, idk

[asnindie.livejournal.com]

Yeah let's brush it all under the carpet PSH, good one.

[the-erotomanic.livejournal.com]

this reminds me of ga-in's music video (can't remember the title of the song).

He says his government is concerned about the damage to its public image over the issue of prostitution, which is illegal in South Korea.

ulk! maybe they should be more concerned with the women who are forced to work as prostitutes than the public image. :o(

[geonitacka.livejournal.com]

SMHRH....

[yolleh.livejournal.com]

We're writing a play about sex trafficking and have had to do tonnes of research on the topic to do so.
All I can say is that it's attitudes like this that mean that this problem isn't going anywhere any time soon.

A lot of countries don't do as much to get rid of it because it proves to be obscenely lucrative even for them but only get mad about it when their own nationals are involved in it abroad. IDE

[modestgoddess79.livejournal.com]

they need to work on preventing sex trafficking rather than punishing the victims

[itskimbitches.livejournal.com]

wait isn't it legal in australia?

[uledy.livejournal.com]

I feel like it is and that it's highly regulated compared to some other countries. I do know that some of the world's ritziest brothels with some of the wealthiest female prostitutes controlling their own career work in Australia.

[phililen3.livejournal.com]

"If a Korean national engages in sex work outside Korea then he or she is still liable for prosecution in Korea"
That's Korean law for you. Same goes for gambling abroad.