By That sure didn’t take long to get off the sex tourism list:
The United States Congress has deleted South Korea from its list of nations described as favored destinations for sex tourists.
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) included Korea in the list of sex tourist nations in its reports on June 20, 2007 and Jan. 10, 2008.
After some media criticized the report and South Korean Embassy in Washington, D.C. showed documents proving the report incorrect, the research center published a revised one after erasing South Korea from the list on Jan. 17
In its report, “Trafficking in Persons: U.S. Policy and Issues for Congress,” the CRS had said that The Philippines, Thailand, South Korea, Sri Lanka, and Hong Kong are “some of the primary Asian destinations for organized sex tours.”
A crackdown on prostitution took effect in September 2004 and the number of brothels has drastically dropped in Korea. [Korea Times]
Fair enough, though Korea has a giganitic domestic prostitution industry, there is no way they are a international sex tourism destination that rivals the Philippines or Thailand. Korean prostitutes are to expensive to ever rival those nations.
11:59 pm on January 20th, 2008 1
Actually, if you get right down to it, Korea hasn't been much of a sex tourism destination since just after the 1988 Olympics. It's just that no one cared until the 21st century.
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2:57 am on January 21st, 2008 2
GI,
I may want to rephrase that last sentence of yours. Otherwise it may sound like you know TOO MUCH about the cost of Korean based hookers. Just a thought.
Cheers,
Bill
3:13 am on January 21st, 2008 3
I have read enough on the blogs to know how much the prostitutes in Korea cost which I always find amazing people are willing to pay that much.
4:32 am on January 21st, 2008 4
No sax tourism in Korea? Uh-huh.
It seems, since all Asians look alike, they don’t realize the vast quantities of Japanese who come to Korea to meet clean, well-mannered Korean girls with a familiar culture… that are a fraction of the price of girls back home… and have better teeth.
Yep. No sax tourism in Korea, America doesn’t torture and USFK doesn’t overlook blatant human trafficking.
5:13 am on January 21st, 2008 5
The sex tourism numbers of middle aged Japanese salarymen with a juicy girl on each arm in Itaewon still in no way compares to Thailand or th PI.
5:52 am on January 21st, 2008 6
Damn…I guess I'll have to just hitch a ride to Kiribati with some Korean fisherman….
12:45 am on January 22nd, 2008 7
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6:36 am on June 7th, 2008 8
It looks like CUBA is the new place for sax tourism!
This should really change things. It sounds like you can sure get slotted for a good time. I wonder if they will cut it off?
All in a land of pristine beaches where you can leave your junk behind.
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