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Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery In the first ten years of the 21st
Century - 2000 to 2009
The Republic of Korea (ROK) is a
source country for the trafficking of women and girls within the country and
to the United States (often through Canada and Mexico), Japan, Hong Kong, Guam,
Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, for the purpose of commercial sexual
exploitation. The ROK is a destination country for women from |
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FEATURED ARTICLE *** South Korean labour laws reduce migrant workers to slaves To migrant workers, the EPS is a
law that allows slavery. According to the new law, migrant workers can work
in South Korea for only three years and for only one employer. Since migrant
workers cannot change their work place, the employer basically has complete
control over the wages and working conditions of migrant workers; thus these
workers are bound to the employer like slaves. ***
ARCHIVES *** Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS – Women
from Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2003 [42] The Committee remains
concerned that, due to prevailing negative cultural traditions, domestic
adoptions may be arranged without authorization or involvement of the
competent authorities and that such arrangements do not necessarily take into
account the best interests of the child or, where appropriate, the views of
the child. The Committee also notes with concern the high number of
inter-country adoptions, suggesting that this form of adoption is not
necessarily a measure of last resort, and reiterates its concern, stated in
previous concluding observations, that the State party has not ratified the
Hague Convention of 1993 on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect
of Inter-country Adoption. [Editorial]
Human trafficking in S. Korea english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_editorial/341437.html
“Natasha,” 29, came to South Korea
from Uzbekistan to realize the simple dream of living a slightly more
comfortable life, and the terrible suffering she endured here is a shame on
us all. She came to this country through a sham marriage with a Korean,
enticed to hear that she could earn five times her salary at home if she got
a job at a factory assembling cell phones. But her dream was brutally crushed
the moment she set foot on Korean soil. The place awaiting her was not a cell
phone assembly plant but a prostitution business. After suffering terrible
hardship, she managed to escape. But instead of being protected by South
Korean law, she was booked on charges like “making false entries in public
electronic records.” Seoul Denies Human Trafficking Accusations times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200609/kt2006090818452311960.htm Seoul officials yesterday
challenged the United States’ portrayal of Korea as ``a frequent destination
for trafficked women and children from the former Soviet Union and
neighboring Asian nations.’’ Indonesia traffics children who
often become sexually enslaved, said the report, and women and girls as young
as 10 years old from Kyrgyzstan are transported for sexual exploitation and
end up in countries like South Korea, the report said. U.S. Busts
Tell Sorry Tale of Korean Prostitutes Abroad www.worldsexguide.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11833 english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200507/200507030020.html The number of Korean women looking
for work as prostitutes abroad or being trafficked for the purpose is on the
increase. Some 50 members of two gangs busted in Key US Gulf Allies Cited in Human Trafficking Report www.voanews.com/english/archive/2005-06/2005-06-03-voa43.cfm?CFID=78215800&CFTOKEN=43948633 At one
time this article had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here]
Mr. Miller also commended South
Korea for what he termed a brave initiative to curb the sex trade in that
country, and Sweden for similar action and for a Europe-wide information
campaign focused on curbing demand for trafficking victims. Nbi Busts Mail-Order Bride Syndicate In his report to Wycoco, NBI Anti-Human Trafficking Division (AHTRAD)
chief Romulo Asis said
the group’s modus operandi was to entice Filipino women to apply for
match-marriages with male Koreans. Asis said Korean clients would come to the Freedom
House Country Report - Political Rights: 1 Civil Liberties: 2 Status: Free Human Rights Overview by Human
Rights Watch – Defending Human Rights Worldwide U.S. Library of Congress
- Country Study South Korea Assists Illegal Foreign Workers www.migrationint.com.au/news/oman/oct_1994-23mn.asp At one
time this article had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here]
Illegal foreign workers deported
from Korea Must
Counter Foreign Reports on Child Prostitution In July, Lawrence Summers,
president of Harvard University, wrongly stated in a lecture in the United States
that there were one million child prostitutes in Seoul in the 1970s. After
protests, he apologized to the Korean people for his comments, admitting the
figure was incorrect. Last month, the
Washington Post sparked controversy here by falsely reporting there were
currently half a million child prostitutes in Korea. Korvinus said,
"The matter is not the number itself. The situation of children being
exploited in the sex industry is a huge problem. In that sense, the Korean
government should come up with solutions, not just protest against the
reports." South Korean labour laws reduce migrant workers to slaves To migrant workers, the EPS is a law
that allows slavery. According to the new law, migrant workers can work in
South Korea for only three years and for only one employer. Since migrant
workers cannot change their work place, the employer basically has complete
control over the wages and working conditions of migrant workers; thus these
workers are bound to the employer like slaves. South
Korea accused of using slave labour Garment workers around the world
are accusing South Korean companies of treating workers as "virtual
slaves" in factories abroad. The
Secretary General of the International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers
Federation (ITGLW) has gone to Seoul to protest about the treatment of
workers in countries including Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. The ITGLW, which represents workers in the
garment industry all around the world, alleges that South Korean companies
running factories abroad top the list of bad employers. ABSTRACT - This paper focuses on global
dimensions in mapping the foreign labor policies of Korea. First, I
categorize the foreign labor policies in the world into five types in terms
of the integration methods of foreigners and the standard for naturalization.
Second, I analyze the system and the operation of foreign labor policies in
Germany, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan and Korea.
The eight countries have substantial similarities, with minor differences in
foreign labor policies: “temporary migrant workers program for manual
workers.” In this study, I identify the migrant recruiting scheme, including
legislatures, the responsible government bodies or public organizations,
major economic sectors engaged, and major nationals recruited in each
country, and compare international labor migration management programs among
them. Finally, I discuss the current issues of the foreign labor policies in
Korea. Lana came to South Korea for the
money. Back home in the Kyrgyz Republic, where she toiled in a shoe factory
for $20 a month, she longed to buy an apartment, but the $5,000 price tag
seemed impossibly high. Then she saw a
newspaper ad seeking women to dance and talk with U.S. servicemen in nightclubs
in South Korea. The ad promised what for her was an astounding wage - $2,000
in the first six months. Lana, a bright, attractive blond, took the job. Now, she wishes she hadn't. The nine months she has worked in
clubs that dot the half-mile strip running straight away from the front gate
of the U.S. Air Force's Osan Air Base have left her
with eyes far too world-weary for a 24-year-old. Stripped of her passport by her bar owner,
in fear of corrupt South Korean police and deeply in debt to her new bosses,
she was forced to sell sex to American servicemen. She became, in essence, a sex slave. Thousands
of Women Forced Into Sexual Slavery For US Servicemen in South Korea Since the mid 1990s, more than
5,000 women have been trafficked
into South Korea for sexual services for United States servicemen, according
to a report from the International Organization for Migration. These
trafficked women have typically come from the Philippines, Russia and Eastern
Europe and were lured to work as prostitutes in bars frequented by US
servicemen stationed in South Korea.
Many of these women live a life similar to that of a slave as they are
kept from a regular income, live in horrible conditions, are forced to sell
sex, and often face violence. "Hidden fees, charges, employer fines,
forced savings and other fees often completely deprive these women of
salaried income forcing them to sustain themselves on a commission system
based on the sale of drinks, and can virtually turn them into indentured
servants," the report reads. Accusations of USFK "Unwittingly" Aiding Human
trafficking kalaniosullivan.com/KunsanAB/8thFW/Howitwasb11d6.html#Accusations At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] There were rising concerns over
human trafficking that the military may be unwittingly supporting by their
patronage of bars that support prostitution. The investigation about whether
U.S. troops have participated in or given business to the human trafficking
industry was requested by 13 members of Congress in 2002. U.S. MILITARY PATROLS IN S. KOREA
OFTEN DON'T RECOGNIZE INSTANCES OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING - U.S. soldiers visiting brothels
may have encouraged sex slavery in South Korea because of a lack of
understanding about human trafficking, the Defense Department's inspector
general concluded in a report.
Investigator Joseph E. Schmitz found that military patrols were
sometimes overly friendly with bar owners and often didn't report cases of
sex slavery and prostitution because of a misperception that they could only
report them if they had hard evidence. As a result of the investigation,
U.S. military officials in South Korea have made an additional 26
establishments suspected of being involved in prostitution and human
trafficking off-limits to U.S. servicemen. They also have increased
educational efforts for all service members on how to spot instances of human
trafficking. The report recommended
that the military create a standardized human trafficking curriculum; make
improvements to on-base entertainment and recreational facilities; and
continue coordination efforts with South Korean law enforcement officials. kalaniosullivan.com/KunsanAB/8thFW/Howitwasb11d6.html#Center At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] "The women are here because
they've been tricked," he says, nonchalantly. "They're told they're
going to be bartending or waitressing, but once
they get here, things are different," he adds, with a knowing look. The fact that the women may have been
forced into prostitution doesn't seem to bother most of their
soldier-patrons. Nor, until recently, did it bother the military brass at the
bases. But now a U.S. Senator and 12 members of Congress are demanding
action. Alarmed by a Fox Television news report casing brothels where
trafficked women were allegedly forced to prostitute themselves to G.I.s, the lawmakers sent a letter to the Pentagon in
May, asking for an investigation. All material used herein
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