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dreddly
Joined: 04 Sep 2006
Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 7:31 pm Post subject: UM...polite question about 'red awnings' in Yongsan |
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Please let me know if this doesn't belong, or is inappropriate in any way for this forum.
But, I was wondering about the little neighbourhood across from the Yongsan mall I saw when I was wandering around the other day. I was quite suprised to see several streets with those tiny windowed storefronts and women sitting around at 12:30 in the afternoon. I mean I am not surprised that they exist with an American army base nearby, but I was a little taken aback by the brazenness and the locale. (Nothing in my lonely planet about that!).
Am I missing something? Can perhaps someone explain their legality/purpose? I am just genuinely curious (and I forsee the obvious jokes about that) because I completely did not expect to see anything like that in that area (I thought us computer geeks were afraid of women - lol). |
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rawiri
Joined: 01 Jun 2003
Location: Lovely day for a fire drill.
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| Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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Sex.
For money. |
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dreddly
Joined: 04 Sep 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Ok. Fair enough, just wasn't sure if it was more like strippers. Thanks for the heads up. |
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jinju
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 7:40 pm Post subject: |
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Sex.
For money. |
I thought that was obvious.
You see OP, in this world some women make money by having sex with strangers who pay them. "Sex without LOVE?!" you say, as shocked as you were when your mommy told you last week that there really isnt an Easter Bunny and Santa isnt real. Well yes. Sex for money.
We call them prostitutes. You can call them whores too. Some prefer the word hookers.
Men go and pay an x amount of money for an x amount of time and depending on what services they are purchasing, the price can vary |
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itaewonguy
Joined: 25 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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and just for the record they are not their for the foreigners!
they dont take foreigners.. so its al business as usual for the koreans
nothing to do with the US army base..
Its becuase korea is a sexual perverted nation, of course they try to keep it all hush hush!
see those spinning barberpolls on street corners?? you know the double spinning polls.. well dont go in there for a haircut ok! becuase you will get the hair down there cut and some more!!
and these places can be found in every family neighbourhood from coast to coast!
the list goes on and on!! |
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dreddly
Joined: 04 Sep 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 8:02 pm Post subject: |
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| itaewonguy wrote: |
and just for the record they are not their for the foreigners!
they dont take foreigners.. so its al business as usual for the koreans
nothing to do with the US army base..
Its becuase korea is a sexual perverted nation, of course they try to keep it all hush hush!
see those spinning barberpolls on street corners?? you know the double spinning polls.. well dont go in there for a haircut ok! becuase you will get the hair down there cut and some more!!
and these places can be found in every family neighbourhood from coast to coast!
the list goes on and on!! |
Thanks for the info, that is interesting and good to know. Not entirely clear on the spinning pole thing, but ok. Much more useful then being condescended to about the definition of a prostitue, I figure the only way to learn things is to ask questions, even if that seems to offend people as ignorant, hence my politeness. |
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uberscheisse
Joined: 02 Dec 2003
Location: japan is better than korea.
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| Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 8:04 pm Post subject: |
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| dreddly wrote: |
| Much more useful then being condescended to about the definition of a prostitue, I figure the only way to learn things is to ask questions, even if that seems to offend people as ignorant, hence my politeness. |
yeah i thought that dude's message to you was rife with c*ck-uh-smokery...
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Wangja
Joined: 17 May 2004
Location: Seoul, Yongsan
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| Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 8:04 pm Post subject: Re: UM...polite question about 'red awnings' in Yongsan |
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| dreddly wrote: |
Please let me know if this doesn't belong, or is inappropriate in any way for this forum.
But, I was wondering about the little neighbourhood across from the Yongsan mall I saw when I was wandering around the other day. I was quite suprised to see several streets with those tiny windowed storefronts and women sitting around at 12:30 in the afternoon. I mean I am not surprised that they exist with an American army base nearby, but I was a little taken aback by the brazenness and the locale. (Nothing in my lonely planet about that!).
Am I missing something? Can perhaps someone explain their legality/purpose? I am just genuinely curious (and I forsee the obvious jokes about that) because I completely did not expect to see anything like that in that area (I thought us computer geeks were afraid of women - lol). |
The famous Pinkee Street: gets closed every so often and then re-opens a while later. And it ain't for foreigners.
or so they tell me. |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 10:49 pm Post subject: |
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| itaewonguy wrote: |
and just for the record they are not their for the foreigners!
they dont take foreigners.. so its al business as usual for the koreans |
Wrong bud. One of my old coworkers was a frequent flyer. |
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jinju
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 10:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Captain Corea wrote: |
| itaewonguy wrote: |
and just for the record they are not their for the foreigners!
they dont take foreigners.. so its al business as usual for the koreans |
Wrong bud. One of my old coworkers was a frequent flyer. |
Ive been to them out of curiosity..not the hookers but the red light districts and the women hide when they see a foreigner..whe its a Korean they pounce |
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own_king
Joined: 17 Apr 2004
Location: here
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| Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 11:20 pm Post subject: |
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| Captain Corea wrote: |
| itaewonguy wrote: |
and just for the record they are not their for the foreigners!
they dont take foreigners.. so its al business as usual for the koreans |
Wrong bud. One of my old coworkers was a frequent flyer. |
Yeah I knew a guy last year who went a couple times a month. Some girls won't go with forigners, but others will. |
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poet13
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
Location: Just over there....throwing lemons.
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"Some girls won't go with forigners, but others will."
Yup. |
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endo
Joined: 14 Mar 2004
Location: Seoul...my home
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| Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 1:25 am Post subject: |
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jinju, you need to get out more.
You are one of the crankiest posters on this board.
Yeah the board drives me nuts sometimes too, but come on man chill. I hope one day you get to meet a very beautiful girl by the name of Mary Jane. She'll change your perspective on life. And your an artist so you two will get a long great.
Mary's hard to find in Korea, and she could get you in a lot of trouble here. But if your on vacation to say um, Amsterdam or Montreal, ask around and you should be able to find her. |
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Yesanman
Joined: 21 Jun 2006
Location: Chungnam
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| Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 1:28 am Post subject: |
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I believe that there are three main districts in Seoul.
The one by Yongsan- strictly Korean only, out for a walk one night, got lost and ended up there, got rudely chased away. Even spit on by a hooker-strange.
Another by Cheongnyangni Station. Don't know who it caters to. I was in a cab with my mother-in-law and wife and the cabbie asked if he could take a short cut. He zipped us along a street full of women in revealing clothes. Shocked my wife pretty bad, especially since it was 8AM.
Third is at Miari (Texas). Very famous and very large. It used to cater to Koreans but didn't chase away foreigners. Have heard that since the whole 'foreigners have AIDS scare' they stopped serving foreigners.
It's fun to name drop 'Miari- Texas' with your adult students. They flip. Foreigners aren't supposed to know about such places. |
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cdninkorea
Joined: 27 Jan 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 2:02 am Post subject: Re: UM...polite question about 'red awnings' in Yongsan |
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| Wangja wrote: |
| The famous Pinkee Street: gets closed every so often and then re-opens a while later. And it ain't for foreigners. |
| Yesanman wrote: |
| Third is at Miari (Texas). Very famous and very large. |
My curiosity is piqued- where are these places? |
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