By ROK Drop commenter Leon LaPorte that brought up the Craigslist ads in a thread not too long ago and now it appears that Korean authorities are looking at cracking down on it according to this translation from Robert Koehler on an article that ran in the Korean Segye Ilbo:
According to the Segye, a look at the Korean bulletin board of Craiglist revealed a ton of posts arranging for prostitution or looking for homosexual partners. In particular, a separate “Erotic Services” bulletin board has been created on Craiglist, on which there are two escort services with operations across Korea.
And yes, because Craiglist operates in English, local authorities have been lax in monitoring it, allowing illicit services to operate in the open. In particular, two escort services — Pink Escort Service and UEscorts — seem to be running competing ads, says the Segye Ilbo. They reportedly charge 250,000 won an hour: if you call or email, they can give you more info at their exclusive homepages.
Oh, and there are also gay guys — foreign and local — leaving personal ads, and couples looking for a little swapping, and ads for brothels looking for managers or homes to serve as prostitution fronts. [Marmot's Hole]
2:59 pm on April 15th, 2010 1
why would anybody need to use craiglist in Korea?? 250k Won?? are you kidding. Just go get a 100K Won Haircut!! More bang for you buck!! You will leave with a nice fade and a smile on your face.haha A km walk any direction in Seoul you will find one…. In all seriousness there are redlight districts all over seoul. This is non issue with the Korean Police just doing some grandstanding.
3:47 pm on April 15th, 2010 2
I suspect the bigger problem is that the police are not making money off it. How can HH operate with a police box at the bottom of the hill?
4:21 pm on April 15th, 2010 3
We're on the same sheet of music here.
6:58 pm on April 15th, 2010 4
Yeah, why would you use the escort services on craigslist when there are so many girls out there in other sections (Casual Encounters anyone?) that will give it up for much less!
7:53 pm on April 15th, 2010 5
One of the papers had a flow chart graphic showing a white man with a large beer belly. Fat, ugly men who want sex with thin, pretty women better have fat wallets. The King of Queens was a fictional TV show.
9:44 pm on April 15th, 2010 6
http://www.segye.com/content/image/2010/04/14/201…
9:55 pm on April 15th, 2010 7
Q: How is a sam-kyup-sal grill like a gay guy from Korean Craiglist?
They are both hot when oiled up, they both smell like kimchee and they both brown your meat.
Oh, and you need to wipe your chin when you are done.
10:04 pm on April 15th, 2010 8
I suspect the big problem is because foreigners are making money off it.
2:29 am on April 16th, 2010 9
250k Won?
100k Won for a barber shop?
Are you kidding?
I just want to rent it, not buy it.
3:53 am on April 16th, 2010 10
Wonder what a flow chart for Asian men who pays for sex with young, thin women would look like?
4:17 am on April 16th, 2010 11
It'd be a man slouched over and drooling while holding a bottle of soju in one hand and a cigarette in the other. He would be wearing pants that are held at mid-torso by a belt that was made out of eel skin and has a bright shiny belt buckle. If it's summer, he'll be wearing a polyester shirt with polyester pants and if it's winter, he'll be wearing an overstuffed parka with… you guessed it, polyester pants. Anybody have anything to add?
4:49 am on April 16th, 2010 12
Korean police- "We are shocked, shocked to find that prostitution is going on in Korea…"
7:07 am on April 16th, 2010 13
In Korea, cash is king. Be for real!
7:59 pm on May 27th, 2010 14
So – I'm waiting to see the flow-chart/caricature in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer of the middle-aged Asian man all bedecked in polyester, etc. and how he makes his way through the soju joints of Korea-town in South Tacoma and then into the Ginseng Spa in Ponders, right outside of Ft. Lewis. Can you imagine what an uproar there would be if a US newspaper portrayed 'foreigners' the same way this paper does?…
1:02 am on May 28th, 2010 15
Men that hire women to be with them are pathetic…
1:05 am on May 28th, 2010 16
If there were a big history of foreign sex-tourism in America, it would be the same thing. Whatever, you can be proud that no one would travel to a foreign country to have relations with an American
7:40 pm on May 29th, 2010 17
Oh really? So – there are no cases of Russian or other eastern European women being brought to Korea as employees in brothels that service Koreans…or similar things happening in Japan? Try again, Rei…
8:28 pm on May 29th, 2010 18
Koreans traditionally go to the PI, Japan, and Thailand Rei. All covered in honor, aren't you.
9:31 pm on May 29th, 2010 19
Women who willingly sell themselves to those same men are pathetic.
2:02 am on May 30th, 2010 20
Some Korean men are disgusting. I won't argue with that truth. However, it is persecution-obsession for someone to complain that the media gives a negative portrayal of foreign perverts who patronize prostitutes.
7:56 am on January 10th, 2011 21
this is nothing new at all. Watch some of the movies of history in Korea and it was there then and it is still there. I spent seven years in Korea and loved it when I was approached by the women trying to sell themselves. Did I ever submit?
4:50 am on May 3rd, 2011 22
ROK Drop commenter Leon LaPorte that brought up the Craigslist ads in a thread not too long ago and now it appears that Korean authorities are looking at cracking down on it according to this translation from Robert Koehler on an article that ran in the Korean Segye Ilbo.
6:14 am on May 3rd, 2011 23
Creepy.
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