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South Koean women rescued from sex slavery!!
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cheeseface



Joined: 13 Jan 2008
Location: Ssyangnyeon Shi

PostPosted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 10:45 am    Post subject: South Koean women rescued from sex slavery!! Reply with quote

This is news in Australia, 10 South Korean women have been rescued from Sydney brothels. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7282711.stm


But apparently 2 of the 5 arrested for forcing the 10 women into sex slavery are Women from South Korea!!!

Nice work treating fellow Koreans in a foreign country. Shocked Shocked
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bruz



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 10:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

so you think that people that are involved in sex slavery should have the decency to look after there own?
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cheeseface



Joined: 13 Jan 2008
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 10:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

bruz wrote:
so you think that people that are involved in sex slavery should have the decency to look after there own?


Maybe, maybe not. Sex slavery is a dirty business. I hope the Korean Herald, Korean Times or any other news outlet runs the story, preferably in Korean, to make sure vulnerable Korean women know about what could happen to them at the hands of other Koreans.

The women who were rescued knew they were going to do sex work, but not what would happen to them. Sad Sad
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caniff



Joined: 03 Feb 2004
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 11:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

[quote="cheeseface"]
bruz wrote:
I hope the Korean Herald, Korean Times or any other news outlet runs the story, preferably in Korean, to make sure vulnerable Korean women know about what could happen to them at the hands of other Koreans.



Don't hold your breath.
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caniff



Joined: 03 Feb 2004
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 11:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

(Deleted because I forgot how to use the quote function. I'm sure it'll come back to me later.)
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jdog2050



Joined: 17 Dec 2006

PostPosted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 2:00 pm    Post subject: Re: South Koean women rescued from sex slavery!! Reply with quote

cheeseface wrote:
This is news in Australia, 10 South Korean women have been rescued from Sydney brothels. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7282711.stm


But apparently 2 of the 5 arrested for forcing the 10 women into sex slavery are Women from South Korea!!!

Nice work treating fellow Koreans in a foreign country. Shocked Shocked


yeah, really sad; more often than not, when I read one of these stories, there's a Mama-san involved.
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bellum99



Joined: 23 Jan 2003
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 2:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Weird Koreans. They get caught doing all kinds of crap but it is us who are the criminals. One freaking pervert was in Korea and every white male is the same. I guess every Korean woman is a sex slave.
(Note the article said the women knew they would be going to provide sex as hookers...just they thought the conditions would be better Confused )
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aarontendo



Joined: 08 Feb 2006
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 4:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lied about work conditions, kept the girls passports...sounds like Koreans.
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Real Reality



Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 4:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

bellum99 wrote:
....Note the article said the women knew they would be going to provide sex as hookers...just they thought the conditions would be better :?

Most Prostitutes Made W3-5 Million a Month: Report
by Tak Sang-hoon, Chosun Ilbo (January 12, 2005)
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200501/200501120027.html

Prostitution and Sex Workers in Korea
Korea Herald Article (Uncut) (June 15, 2005)
http://metropolitician.blogs.com/scribblings_of_the_metrop/2005/06/korea_herald_ar.html
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bassexpander



Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.

PostPosted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 4:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote from the article:

Quote:
At the weekends, vanloads of Asian men would descend on the premises, he says.


Surely, none of them were Korean or married on a holiday? Laughing
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caniff



Joined: 03 Feb 2004
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 5:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

bassexpander wrote:
Quote from the article:

Quote:
At the weekends, vanloads of Asian men would descend on the premises, he says.


Surely, none of them were Korean or married on a holiday? Laughing


Don't be absurd. Mad
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Rumple



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 5:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

[quote="caniff"]
cheeseface wrote:
bruz wrote:
I hope the Korean Herald, Korean Times or any other news outlet runs the story, preferably in Korean, to make sure vulnerable Korean women know about what could happen to them at the hands of other Koreans.



Don't hold your breath.


The Korean Herald ran a 3-part series about this issue, focused on a woman from Busan who was trafficked to San Fransisco. She answered an ad to be a singer in some other country, like Thailand, and needed to pay off massive credit card debt, but when she got there, they took her to Mexico and smuggled her into the US. She spoke no English and was told that if she didn't cooperate, she'd be turned over to US authorities who would put her in prison for being in America illegally.
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Smee



Joined: 24 Dec 2004
Location: Jeollanam-do

PostPosted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 5:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hmm, I didn't know prostitution was legal in most of Australia.

Well, doesn't say much about the sex industry at home when it's able to survive and still export its workers abroad. Kind of like when a TV series does a spin-off, I guess. Just saw a program on TV last night that was looking at those naked noraebangs, saying that some parts of Seoul were becoming overfished because there are so many.

Anyway, I'm sure the captives will be right back out there. They are interested in working in that industry after all. Can't keep a Korean prostitute down! (wait . . . )
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Kimchi Cha Cha



Joined: 15 May 2003
Location: was Suncheon, now Brisbane

PostPosted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 6:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Prostitution is legal in most of Australia but regulated as if it were any other business: the brothels must be registered with the Government; provide secure, safe premises - which often happen to be close to police stations; pay taxes; provide superannuation and leave for its workers; abide with Australian workplace conditions - just like any other legitimate business. Hell, prostitutes most likely even have their own union back home! Registered sex workers in Australia must also have regular health screening for their own and their customers protection.

The problem comes from illegal prostitution venues which are often set up in inner-city apartments, suburban houses or industrial areas and do not register with the authorities and subsequently do not provide adequate care, conditions, pay for its workers and often intimidate them via blackmail, willful misinformation and/or abuse, all the while many huge sums of money through the trafficking, withholding of workers' money and tax evasion. These illegal prostitution venues are often also involved in sex trafficking of foreign nationals from SE Asia and East Asia, and sometimes Eastern Europe and Russia.

I believe legalized prostitution is the safest and most sensible way to treat prostitution as it is and has always been around and will never go away. It's best to have it out in the open and its workers properly cared for and adequately supported in a controlled, clean, relatively safe atmosphere having access to the rights of all other workers.

Unfortunately, even in countries with legalized prostitution illegal sex shops set up dodging the local laws and abusing their workers.
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caniff



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 7:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

"....at the hands of other Koreans."

That was what I was referring to.
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