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Korea and Japan: Sex Trade

Tuesday, March 27th, 2007 @ 22:48 UTC

by Oiwan Lam

Countries:: Japan, South Korea
Topics:: Gender, Industry

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繁體中文:	（短訊）日本與南韓的性產業...
简体中文:	（短信）日本与南韩的性产业...

Robert Koehler from Marmot's Hole reports that: There are currently an estimated 40,000-60,000 Koreans illegally residing in Japan. Of these, 30,000 are believed to be working in the sex trade. And the number of Korean men in Japanese host-bar is increasing rapidly.

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