SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government has ratcheted up its struggle against organized prostitution by developing technology that will clog up telephone lines used by brothels. Despite efforts to shut down businesses operating in the sex trade, the dispersal of lurid flyers with phone numbers printed on them has made it [...]
ASAN, South Korea, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean city of Asan has been offering a walking tour of the Rose Village – a cluster of narrow alleys of adult entertainment venues including brothels – in partnership with a local women’s rights counselling center. According to officials, the most recent tours were attended [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Police said Friday that Park Yoo-chun, the troubled member of K-pop boy band JYJ, is clear of sexual assault allegations but is being charged with prostitution and fraud. The 30-year-old actor-singer has been mired in a scandal as four different women, all working at local bars, lodged complaints against [...]
SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will toughen legal requirements for issuing the visa for foreigners engaging in entertainment and hotel services here, the government said Monday. There have been lingering reports that the holders of the E-6-2 visa, a requisite for non-Korean residents to perform in hotels, bars and clubs, end up [...]
Busan, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Three couples in their twenties who took a trip to Busan and got involved in prostitution to earn cash to support themselves have been arrested. According to an officer at Busan’s Sasang Police Station, a 21-year old man referred to only as Kim from Incheon decided to take a trip [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) – The complicated relationship between actresses and their ‘sponsors’, or sugar daddies, might have been the tip of the iceberg of corruption of the entertainment industry. Shortly after the shocking reality was broken to the public, it was revealed that some celebrities have been investigated by law enforcement agencies for [...]