Koreas Sex Trade: A Short History

Borderless takes you deep into Seoul s major red light districts to show you the history of Korea s massive sex trade. This is part 2. Part one is here: In this latest in the series, Borderless News Online goes to some of Seouls best known red light districts to uncover the history of Koreas sex industry which goes back at least to the time of Japanese occupation. Borderless talks to sex workers, pimps mamasans older female brothel managers and others in this underworld that is on the one hand secret but on the other hand widespread in Korea. Koreas massive sex industry one of Asias biggest has been around for at least over a century, and some in the industry say its growing.