S. Korea to end prostitution from 2007

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S. Korea to end prostitution from 2007

South Korea's red-light districts will be closed up in phases beginning 2007 and the earnings of brothels will be seized from this September.

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South Korea's red-light districts will be closed up in phases beginning 2007 and the earnings of brothels will be seized from this September.

The Office of the Prime Minister announced these and other measures to combat the sex trade Wednesday, proclaiming its determination that it would no longer tolerate the trafficking in women's bodies.

"The government will enact a special law next year to provide the legal ground for the closure of brothels and begin to shut down 69 red-light districts across the country in phases from 2007, starting with those in juvenile-protection and residential areas," said Gender Equality Minister Chi Eun-hee.

The government will step up its administrative supervision on entertainment businesses to prevent prostitution and seize entire earnings of business owners who are found to have arranged these illegal transactions.

In addition, counseling centers will be established near red-light districts to help women who are forced into prostitution and to provide expanded legal assistance.

To prevent trade in juvenile prostitution, the government also plans to revise a law and publicly identify those who hire minors and force them to work as prostitutes.

Source: agencies

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