tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869680.post6144662920834585766..comments2023-11-12T00:30:15.262+09:00Comments on Monster Island (actually a peninsula)*: The face of modern slavery in the sex industrykushibohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10306033998028548550noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869680.post-60700296037224110302010-11-29T11:10:32.196+09:002010-11-29T11:10:32.196+09:00Tom, this might be old news to you, but your are m...Tom, <a href="http://articles.sfgate.com/2006-10-09/news/17316370_1_border-patrol-trafficking-agents" rel="nofollow">this</a> might be old news to you, but your are mistaken if you think it isn't still happening. It even ran on "20/20" in the U.S. showing how these young, naive South Korean girls and women are being used and discarded as nothing more than trash by older South Korean women (and some men). Sadly, it doesn't matter where the girls are from, there will always be evil people who use and abuse them.John from Daejeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08431973044799010218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869680.post-51915730992563036972010-11-29T08:14:03.941+09:002010-11-29T08:14:03.941+09:00"Prostitution is a necessary evil so we turn ..."Prostitution is a necessary evil so we turn a blind eye, but there's too much shame attached to it for society to push to have it legalized and regulated above board".<br /><br />Above board? Eh? I will never be okay with legalizing prostitution. I will never be okay with a woman selling her body for money. You have to have the worst self-esteem in the world to chose this profession and I wish that on nobody.theresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09892794189574071834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869680.post-1902961116030038572010-11-28T21:32:57.804+09:002010-11-28T21:32:57.804+09:00Kuoshibao, as this case has shown, many of the ill...Kuoshibao, as this case has shown, many of the illegals are Chinese with fake South Korean passports which is becoming a huge problem. I wonder why you don't do a story on this. The fake passport holders can be Joseonjok ethnic Koreans or pure Chinese. Now these days there are not many South Koreans who want to illegally enter the US. The ones who are there now were went there for a long time. Now South Korea has a far better economy so there's no point to go to the US to work as 3D workers washing dishes and be victims of violent crimes and racial discrimination. So please don't try to exaggerate the illegal Korean problem so that you can be sensational.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13804351715512510821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869680.post-91970399327308296892010-11-28T18:40:37.886+09:002010-11-28T18:40:37.886+09:00Back in Korea, there is a thriving prostitution in...Back in Korea, there is a thriving prostitution industry that is de facto legal. The government cares whether the women have or might spread STDs, but it does little more to help the women stuck in that industry, including those who have been duped or coerced into it. <br /><br />In the past, it was a common idea that women in the sex industry were kidnapped (!), duped, or somehow coerced (loan sharks, blackmail following a rape, etc.). But that has been replaced by a narrative of most (?) of the women <i>choosing</i> it as a way to get financial independence and/or a lavish lifestyle. <br /><br />And while that might actually be true for some (but I really don't know now), there still remains the uncomfortable fact of all these women from the Philippines, Russia and other parts of the former Soviet Union, etc., who often are duped, coming in on E-6 "entertainer" visas perhaps thinking they will be singing in some night club somewhere. <br /><br />There are groups and even government agencies that do give a rat's ass, but they are up against a wall of corrupt and violent pimps. The most that happens nowadays is that they announce this red-light district or that will be redeveloped, so they've got one, two, three years to go find other work.<br /><br />And the public accepts this. Prostitution is a necessary evil so we turn a blind eye, but there's too much shame attached to it for society to push to have it legalized and regulated <i>above board</i>. About the only thing of importance that gets done is that the government is not willing to tolerate <i>underage</i> prostitution.kushibohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10306033998028548550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869680.post-67441826285973959802010-11-28T18:03:39.988+09:002010-11-28T18:03:39.988+09:00Thanks for posting this. My friend Justin made a d...Thanks for posting this. My friend Justin made a documentary on this very topic. Check it out.<br /><br />http://www.callandresponse.com/theresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09892794189574071834noreply@blogger.com