Human Trafficking in [North Korea] [other countries]
Street Children in [North Korea] [other countries]
Child Prostitution in [North Korea] [other countries]
 

Child Prostitution

The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children

In the first ten years of the 21^st Century - 2000 to 2009

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea – DPRK (North Korea) North Korea, one of the world's most centrally directed and least open economies, faces chronic economic problems. Industrial capital stock is nearly beyond repair as a result of years of underinvestment and shortages of spare parts. Large-scale military spending draws off resources needed for investment and civilian consumption. Large-scale international food aid deliveries have allowed the people of North Korea to escape widespread starvation since famine threatened in 1995, but the population continues to suffer from prolonged malnutrition and poor living conditions. [The World Factbook, U.S.C.I.A. 2009]

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Bur of Democracy, Human Rights & Labor - Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005

TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS - There were no known laws specifically addressing the problem of trafficking in persons, and trafficking of women and young girls into and within China continued to be widely reported. Some women and girls were sold by their families or by kidnappers as wives or concubines to men in China; others fled of their own volition to escape starvation and deprivation. A network of smugglers reportedly facilitated this trafficking. According to defector reports, many victims of trafficking, unable to speak Chinese, were held as virtual prisoners, and some were forced to work as prostitutes.

Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2004

[62] The Committee notes the lack of information in the State party report on human trafficking, in particular, involving children.

[63] In the light of article 34 and other related articles of the Convention, the Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Undertake a comprehensive study to assess the nature and the extent of human trafficking, in particular involving children; (b) Ensure the protection from sexual exploitation and trafficking in relevant legislation to all boys and girls below the age of 18 years; and (c) Pursue efforts to combat sexual exploitation in accordance with the 1996 Declaration and Agenda for Action and the 2001 Global Commitment adopted at the World Congresses against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children.

[66] The Committee recommends that the State party ratify the Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography and on the involvement of children in armed conflict.

ECPAT: Fifth Report on implementation of the Agenda for Action [DOC]

www.ecpat.net/eng/Ecpat_inter/publication/other/english/Doc_page/ecpat_5th_a4a_2001_full.doc

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[B] COUNTRY UPDATES – DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF KOREA – The US Department of State’s Human Rights Report 2000 states that there are reports of young girls being trafficked to China. A network of smugglers reportedly facilitates this trafficking. Many victims are unable to speak Chinese, are held virtual prisoners, and end up working as prostitutes.

Crisis In Korea; Pyongyang's 'Paradise

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At least one-fourth of a million North Koreans have managed to flee to the northeast across the Yalu River, Korea's ancient frontier with neighboring China. And they now live in conditions of extreme privation, uncertainty, destitution and no security in the northeastern Chinese province of Manchuria. Child labor and child prostitution are extremely common for these North Korean refugees, the intelligence sources said.

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Human Trafficking in [North Korea] [other countries]
Street Children in [North Korea] [other countries]
Child Prostitution in [North Korea] [other countries]