South Korea: Sex industry a 21 BILLION dollar a year industry

by more tahn gas and electricity combined Monday, Oct. 09, 2006 at 3:28 PM

Exploitation of women in the sex trade industry



Today, in South Korea sex work accounts for 4 percent of the country's gross domestic product, according to government reports. Prostitution brings billion a year -- more than electricity and gas combined. There are an estimated 330,000 sex workers, 80,000 brothels and 69 red-light districts in a country the size of Indiana.

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