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Global Monitoring Report on the Status of Action Against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children - South Korea

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ECPAT International, 2006.

South Korea’s rapid socio-economic development has improved the quality of life for its children and youth, narrowed the gender gap and improved access to education. At the same time, the influence of a strong sexual culture and ‘sex merchandising’ and the rapid development of information technology (IT) – telecommunications and other media – have contributed to an increase in the commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC).

South Korea has one of the highest numbers of Internet users in the world: nearly 80 per cent of the population. Research conducted in 2005 by the Naeil Women’s Centre for Youth (the ECPAT group in the country) showed that the Internet is now a more popular venue for trading in sex than ‘ticket tea houses’ (escort-type services offering prostitution).

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Global Monitoring Report on the Status of Action Against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children - South Korea