Prostitutes getting Net-savvy to beat the crackdown?
Brothel owners and sex workers have taken advantage of more sophisticated methods to avoid the harsh crackdown on the sex trade since the government launched a war against prostitution on Sept. 23.
The crackdown has triggered strong protests from those involved in the sex industry with mounting calls for measures to protect their livelihood.
They also urged the government to scrap the new anti-prostitution law, which has dealt a serious blow to the sex industry, estimated to be worth 24 trillion won annually.
BTW, get a load of some of these numbers:
In terms of its economic impact, the law was expected to negatively affect the recovery of domestic demand, according to the report released by Samsung Securities in October.
The Bank of Korea also predicted that given an estimated 300,000 sex workers, the national GDP will decrease by 1.3 percent because of the law.
In line with declining profits of other industries such as the hotel industry, financial sectors coincidently suffer from the use of credit cards and loan repayments in arrears.
On the contrary, Hannuri Investment and Securities analyzed that its impact on the economy is not as serious as the original assessment of its negative impact on domestic demand and the unemployment rate.
Read the rest on your own.
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Hey, did you know that the GNP would go up if the miltiary took over and reinstated slavery? This “prostitution ban hurts economy” crap sounds like the worst of the “civil rights are bad for development” propaganda. I see no point in even trying to crack down on all prostitution, but the fact of the matter is that huge numbers of women (Korean and foreign) are in the industry against their will, some of them even traded with “slave papers.” I don’t doubt that forcing tens of thousands of women to spread their legs for the workforce does wonders for stimulating the economy… and frankly that’s probably why the political elements behind the Miracle on the Han never cared - it wasn’t their women being traded around among gangsters.
In other news, two recently-retired prostitutes just got into university this past week, others held a fundraising bazaar to sell handcrafts of their making, and still more have “graduated” from a program designed to help them find other ways to survive.
Maybe I’m slow today but does this mean that the Bank of Korea believes that “pussy” is an economic factor in the Korean economy?
I really don’t know what to think.
political elements behind the Miracle on the Han never cared - it wasn?€™t their women being traded around among gangsters.
Actually, there’s this story I couldn’t check, it’s a bit too old. But when I first came to Korea, there was apparently this story about the wife/daughter/relative of a member of the parliament having been kidnapped by a taxi driver, member of a “procurement” team for a gang. MP was upset, thus police was diligent and the woman was found before (after?) delivery to one of these brothels on the coast…
Would be nice if archives of newspapers were digitized back to the late 80s early 90s AND accessible for free on the Net
Actually, Oranckay, I believe that you are describing the system they already have up north, and it hasn’t done much for the GNP. We a free market system with this slavery, so that the slaves can be freely traded back and forth. If the military gets into the slave business, we might have another of those pesky revolts a la Salambo or Spartacus. Oh, and don’t forget to list the “Room Salon” as a businessman’s lunch. Deductable for the sake of the GNP, I hope.
“The Bank of Korea also predicted that given an estimated 300,000 sex workers, the national GDP will decrease by 1.3 percent because of the law.”
What a pointless statistic. It’s not as if the money spent in this area is going to be cut up into little pieces and thrown away unless it is used for prostitution. This is a discretionary expense, and men will either spend it on something else or keep it in a bank account, where the bank will invest it to make its own money.
Another perspective on it in Asiatimes:
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/FL22Dg01.html
Great quote: “Do you not think that strategic marriages among the families of large corporations (chaebol) are prostitution?” Ouch!
24 trillion won, 45 million Koreans, 1200/1 exchange rate = 460$ per person
460$ per person?! sounds a little high…
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If farmers, drug dealers, and the average person can out-think the government, anyone can. Because prostitution is made illegal, doesn’t mean it’s going to go away.
The solution is really simple, just legalize prostitution and tax it like any other business. This worked with alcohol. Why can’t it work with illicit drugs and prostitution too?
–Remort