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4 DECEMBER7,2004
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Quietnightsinred-lightdistrict
FTA-Nogain,
S
ince South Korea government launched
hospital.Whatisworse,Ihadtobeforcedto
a new anti-prostitution law which
havesexduringthemenstruation,”sobbeda
withoutstrategy
prohibited the buying and selling of sex
woman who worked at a sports massage
services,overtwomonthshavepassed.The
shop.
law-enforcement authorities and massive
With regard to licensed prostitution, the
police have cracked down on the sex trade
womensaidthatitisunrealisticandbrushed
F
since September 23. Since then, most red-
off the current rallies on it. “That is
oralongtime,Koreahasbeenatardystudentofglobaltrendsinfreetrade.The
light districts all over the nation were quiet
nonsense. Licensed prostitution will trigger
Korea-Singaporefreetradeagreementisthenation’ssecondaccordfollowingthat
and desolate. The reporter went to a
illegal prostitution and human rights
with Chile, which looks very slow compared with more than 250 FTAs around the
representative place of the red-light districts
violation,whicharealreadyprevalentinour
world. But farmers of Korea are always angry, and worries do not stop that it is too
in order to inquire how their situation
society. So, it cannot be an adequate
early.FTAforwhom?IsKoreagoingtoopenthemarkettoeverybody,andjustsitback
changes after the anti-prostitution law was
alternative proposal,” said another woman,
and see the others making their profit without any preparation? If Korea is prepared,
enforced. The so-called “Cheongnyangni
who escaped from Miari Texas a few
howmuchisitready?
588” area in northern Seoul, one of the
monthsago.“Ifsexworkershavestrongwill
AlthoughSingaporeisKorea’s10thlargesttradepartner,theeconomicimpactofthe
country’slargestred-lightdistrictsremained
and courage, they can live their daily lives
bilateralFTAwillnotbegreat,whichmayexplainwhythegovernmentchosethecity-
darkandsilentatmidnight.
like common people. Especially, this center
state as its second FTA partner. The two countries have complementary industrial
is helping the women to find other
structures,particularlyinsuchareasascomputerequipmentandpetrochemicals.
Crackdownonthespot
livelihoods through various educational
Besides,theglobaltransitporthasalreadyknockeddowntradebarriersfor99percent
Nearthered-lightdistrict,Cheongnyangni
systems and a training term for new jobs.
ofitsmarket,sothereisnotmuchroomforanincreaseinexports.Butthenationmay
588, there was an itinerant security police
OhSae-hoon/TheArgus
Get out of the red-light districts. You can
hope to learn from Singapore’s world-class service industries, such as finance and
A couple of men are working by in the red-light districts behind Cheongnyangni
center, which was a bus for maintaining
live for yourself in hope,” she added. The
logistics.SothesignificanceofthelatestFTAcanbeconsideredsymbolicratherthan
Station,butmostshopsofthebrothelshutteredandcurtainsdrawn.
public order. Several policemen were
womenofthecenterwhosoldsexbeforeare
substantial. It shows how the government is getting stress by the multilateral pushes
patrollingthewholeneighborhoodincluding
educated through self-support program of
fromtheglobalmarket.
the red-light areas in the rain. “For last two
districts are mainly due to the lack of
the rallies voluntarily? “If I were in such a
Seoul Together Center. The women also
Whatismoreimportantisthatthegovernmentisproceedingnegotiationwithmany
months, we aimed not only to crack down
alternatives available, poor family
situation,Iwouldalsojointheoneswhotake
emphasized the new legislation is mainly
countries about opening the rice market, under the pressure of "automatically fixing
against sex trade but also to prevent the
backgroundsorpersonaldebts.Althoughthe
part in the rallies against the new anti-
aimed at increasing public awareness that
tariff"perilifKoreacannotproceedituntiltheendof2004.Butbeforethenationis
criminal crimes. As we went in and around
new law imposes tougher penalties on
prostitution law. Of course, they do not act
buyingsexisshamefulandacrime.
pushedbyotherpowerfulcountriesandopenthemarket,thegovernmentshouldthink
here, the brothel owners and sex workers
brothel owners and buyers while protecting
voluntarily.Theycannotbuttakepartinthe
“Despite the painful past, the women are
aboutthestrategytopreparefortheconfusionafteropening.
wereoverawedmorethanbefore,”saidLee
prostituted victims, there are no specific
rallies because they are working with the
makinganefforttolivepassionatelynow.It
WhentheKorea-ChileFTAwasfinallyconcludedthisyear,manyfarmerstilledthe
Jae-sung, a police sergeant in the
plansforthem.
brothel owners. If the brothel owners tell
wasabraveactthattheyranoutofthered-
goldenriceplantsinrage.Thatmeans,noconsiderationaboutcounterplanthatcankeep
CheongnyangniPoliceStation.
The system may also cause side effects.
them to die, they would even pretend to be
lightdistricts.Theycamebacktothisworld
the core industry of Korea was made. The strategy, which should be made, must
Ontheotherhand,somedrunkenmenand
The sex trades will be expanded into the
dead,” says a woman who fights her own
asamemberofthesocietyandasawoman.
stimulateourfarmerstoplantourstaplefood,rice.Somesubstantialaid,notjustcheap
passengers wandered along the maze of
Internet, residential areas and school zones.
wayundertheprotectionof“SeoulTogether
We should see the women without
loans,shouldbeoffered.ItisgoingtobesomewaylikespecializingKoreanricewith
alleys behind the Cheongnyangni Subway
“Someofgirlsnowsellsexattheirhomesor
Center,”whichisarehabilitationsupporting
prejudice,” said Jo Jin-kyung, the head of
plant breeding, and making new Korean rice trademarks for good quality - that the
Station.Thereportercouldseethedoorsof
motels through the internet to attract
center for female victims of prostitution,
SeoulTogetherCenter.
government guarantees. After the market opening, Korean rice products should have
most brothels shuttered and curtains drawn.
customers,”saidawoman,whohadworked
affiliating with Seoul Metropolitan
Needless to say, the women’s group and
internationalcompetitivenesscomparedwithcheapforeignriceswithtariff,notinthe
Therewerehardlycustomersinthered-light
at “Cheongnyangni 588” area. Growing
Government supervised by United Voice,
the government need to help the women to
price but in great quality and brand. In addition, the negotiation power of Korean
district and some people who looked like
numberofmenarealsousingtheinternetor
Hansori.
findemployment,legalandmedicalsupport,
governmentintheinternationaltablesisinevitablyneeded.
brothel operators tried to read the police’s
mobile phones to gain access to the sex
emergency rescue and psychological
Currently,thenationisinvolvedinnegotiationsorstudiesforconcludingFTAswith
situation. A few sex workers just sat down
trade.
Rightpathoffightingprostitutions
counseling and to stand by themselves.
22countries,eitherindividuallyorinagroup,includingJapan,Canada,Mexico,India
under the red light and they looked around
Moreover,someprostitutesarestillagainst
OnNovember19,thenewsconferenceon
Korea’snewanti-prostitutionlawappearsto
andtheEuropeanFreeTradeAssociation(EFTA).Itisimperativeforthislatecomernot
with their eyes wide open to see whether
thenewlawandwishtocontinuetheirjobs.
practical instruction and self-support course
beastepintherightdirection,thatis,inthe
tobeleftoutoftheglobaltrendinbilateraltariff-freetrade.
customerswerecoming.Thepolicesaidthe
Manybrothelownersandsexworkersstage
ofprotectivefacilitiesforthetreatmentofthe
directionoferadicatingprostitutionfromour
However,thenationshouldestablishaclearvisionandcarefulstrategyforitspush
crackdownhasbeensuccessfulsofar.“The
a rally to protest against the new anti-
womenwhowereformerlysexworkerswas
society and protecting victims. “I think that
toward free trade in order not to repeat the mistake of blindly opening its financial
selling and buying of sexual services
prostitution law in front of the National
held hosted by Seoul Together Center in
theanti-prostitutionlawhasmadeaprogress
markets.
remainedonlyunder10percentinthisarea.
AssemblyandatplaceslikeMiariTexasor
Seoul Women’s Plaza. 10 women in the
inthatitraisedawarenessaboutthesextrade
FTAs are not goals in themselves but rather a means to strengthen the nation’s
Also the shops in operation is just acting
CheongnyangniStation.Inotherwords,they
twenties who were sex workers in the past
whichhasbeentacitlytoleratedaspractices
industrial competitiveness and develop the economy. Free trade is inevitable, but it
againstthegovernment.”Mr.Leesaid.They
haverecentlyhelddemonstrationstocallfor
tookpartinthenewsconference.
but now is regarded as violating the law,”
benefitsonlythosewhoarefullyprepared.
will continue fighting against prostitution
measurestoprotecttheirlivelihoodandeven
The women sometimes sobbed out while
remarkedallthewomenofthecenter.Ifthey
untilthesextradesdisappearcompletely.
legalize their profession. They also shouted
theyaccountedfortheirmiserablelifeinred-
are determined to fight against prostitution,
withcallingforlicensingprostitution.
light districts. “I could not go out, nor eat
thewaronprostitutionhasjustbegun.
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SituationofSexworkers
However, can the licensed prostitution,
food, and even could not sleep, under the
EditorofNationalSection
Sex workers lost their job. The jobless
which some sex workers called for, be a
brothel owners’ control. Nevertheless I
ByYangSun-young
womenwereinPCroomsnearthered-light
rightalternativeproposalinsteadofthenew
sufferedfromvenerealdiseasesduetoforced
AssociateEditorofNationalSection
districtsallday.Theresidentsofthered-light
law?Anddidthesexworkersparticipatein
and frequent sex, I could not go to the
“Occupy!Resist!Produce!”
Rightclaimforwarvictims
LeeJun-gul/TheArgus
This non-competitive festival was
laborers’struggletookplace.Ialsowanted
devotedtoscreenoverthevideosandfilms
to fight with against unfair working
M
about the lives and struggle of working
conditions,” said Marcelo Andrade
ountains of Gyeongsangnam-do
deficiency with increased lgM.” Since he
LeeJun-gul/TheArgus
classpeopleallaroundtheworld.Asusual,
Arreeza, media activist in Venezuela. He
Hapcheon-gun are weakly holding
was in hospital when he was in the first
the festival dates were set to follow the
also added about the labor movement of
their tinged autumnal leaves, as the fall is
gradeofmiddleschoolbyacutepneumonia
mass labor cultural event and rally
Venezuela, comparing with Korea. “The
fading out. 80% of Hapcheon-gun is
in1983,hehasbeenhospitalizedmorethan
scheduled on 13th and 14th of November,
Koreanlabormovementfullofenergyand
mountainous area including Mt. Gayasan,
20times.Now,only20percentofhislungis
which commemorates the late comrade
peace.SoIwishVenezuelalaborersshould
whichisfamousforHaeinsatemple.Mostof
normal, and 80 percent is not working. “In
Tae-ilJunwhoburnthimtodeathin1970.
take an example of Korean laborers. And
the people who visit the place do not come
1995,mydoctorsaidthatmydiseasecould
During the festival, all 26 movies from
medianetworksfortheliberationofallthe
up with any violent image, but actually
have been influenced by my mother, but I
10countrieswereshownforfreethepublic
working class and all the oppressed of the
Hapcheon was a place of agony in the past
couldnotrevealthat.Ihaveheardaboutmy
andeachmoviewereshowntwicetohelp
world will be the backbone of the global
andeveninthepresent,becauseofthewar.
mother’s experience in Hiroshima, and I
theworkerswhoalsocanworkson12hour
revolution.”
In the Japanese colonial period, a lot of
knew that my monovular brother died right
shifttoseethefilm.Onthelastday,there
Aftertheseminar,theclosingfilm,“The
peopleinHapcheonescapedfromtheplace
afterhewasborn,butIcouldnotdiscussit
was a discussion forum on “The role of
Take” which is made by a Canadian, Avi
ofJapaneseexploitationandmovedtoJapan
with my mother,” said Kim Hyeong-yul,
MarceloAndradeattheforum
video activist during the revolutionary
Lewis, by dealing with Argentine labor
tofindsomefactoryjobs.Mostofthemwent
pointingoutthesocialcircumstancesthatcut
process,” inviting many activists and
situation. “The movie was funny. But, I
to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and they were
offone’sexpression.“Itriedtocontinuemy
T
he8thSeoulInternationalLaborVideo
workers, including Marcelo Andrade from
saw a tragedy in the laborers’ jokes in the
exposed to the atomic bomb explosion. For
sociallife,butIwasstillsick,soIstartedto
Kim Hyeong-yul(34), the second
and Film Festival was held in Seoul
Venezuela who is the director of the
movie.BeforeIwenttothemovie,Isawa
that reason, the only welfare center for
think in a different way. It was not
generationofatomicbombvictim.
ArtCinemafromNovember16to21.The
opening film “Venezuela Bolivariana:
laborrallyinDeahakro.Therallywasvery
Korean atomic bomb victims is located in
anybody’sfault.”
Festival took place under the slogan of
People and Struggle of the Fourth World
peaceful,butthestruggleinthemoviewas
Hapcheon-gun, and the reporter could meet
Therefore,Mr.Kimstartedtopersuadehis
prejudice from others, and no one cares
“Occupy! Resist! Produce! Another world
War”invitedbyMediACT.
combativeironically,”saidJungDa-woon,
KimHyeong-yulatthatplace.
familytorevealthefactthattherearemany
aboutit.Itisahandingdownofpainindeed,
is started.” It was hosted by Labor News
“IalwayswasworriedwhatIshoulddo.I
a spectator in the closing ceremony of the
KimHyeong-yulisthesecondgeneration
second generations who were affected by
which should be cut by government,”
ProductionandsponsoredbyKoreanFilm
fellintoadilemmawhetherIshouldmake
festival.
of atomic bomb victims and is working for
their parents who were suffering from
claimed Kim Hyeong-yul. “To do that, the
Council (Kofic), Korean Confederation of
a film or I should take a part in the
the human rights of war victims by
atomic bomb sequela, such as Mysterious
government should regard them as war
ByYangSun-young/TheArgus
TradeUnions(KCTU)andMediACT.
demonstrations in the spot where the
managingtheSecondGenerationofKorean
Death symptoms, Down syndrome, and
victims, and guarantee their right to live by
Atomic bomb Victims Patient Organization
manymentaldiseases.InKimHyeong-yul’s
supporting them with medical care. It is no
(KAVPO)onthewebsite,thoughhisbody
view,itshouldbetakenasasocialproblem
wonder that investigation should be
Shot On Spot
issufferingfromatomicbombsequela.The
about the human right, not as an individual
preceded,”hecontinued.
name of his disease is “immunoglobulin
problem. So he made the KAVPO, and
Atthewelfarecenter,Mr.Kimmetmany
started to claim the victims’ right to the
first generations of atomic bomb victims.
LeeJun-gul/TheArgus
government. “Although the victims are not
Sharing the experience and thinking about
onlyatomicbombvictimsbutalsovictimsof
some solutions could be the best remedy to
Protestongov.bills
Japanese imperialism and invasion, the
thevictims.Aftervisitingthewelfarecenter,
nation and society force them to recognize
he met Jeong Sook-hee’s son and daughter,
the problem as their own.” He continued,
whoarealsothesecondgenerationofatomic
FederationofKoreanTradeUnions
“Thevictimsarekeepinguptheirpainfullife
bomb victims. Talking about the history of
(FKTU)heldarallyinDaehakroto
in a sense of alienation without any
the family and sequela that the son and
protestagainstagovernment-initiated
assistance. I strongly insist that the
daughter are suffering from, Mrs. Jeong
billsonNovember21.FKTUadvocated
government should investigate this matter
couldnotbearcrying.KimHyeong-yulalso
abolishingthe“dispatchworkers’bill,”
and prepare the safety net for the victims
kept serious during the conversation, and
sayingthebillisgoingtoincrease
beforetheygettooold.”Thevictimsbecome
said “This matter should be given wider
irregularworkers.Ifthegovernment
anoldagenear60nextyear,andthereisno
publicity,andIwillkeepclaimingthematter
rejects,FKTUproclaimedthattheyare
such trial for investigating the victims in
to government. The special bill should be
goingtoproceedageneralstrike.
Korea yet, but an “Investigation for Second
passed immediately and medical support
FKTUalsoclaimed:donotspend
Generation’sHealthInfluence”isinprogress
should be made as a level of basic living. I
nationalpensioninfreeway,stop
inJapanuntil2005.
will call for making the bills to National
Korea-JapanFTAnegotiation,
KAVPOisnotaverybigorganizationof
Human Rights Commission in solidarity
guarantee3laborrightstogovernment
which only 30 people are members. But it
withotherpeaceorganizationsthisyear.”
employees,andsoon.
progresses favorably, because there were
only two people until this summer. “It was
very difficult to persuade the second
Mr. Kim is bowing to the memorial
ByLeeJun-gul
LeeJun-gul/TheArgus
generationofatomicbombvictimstoreveal
tablets of the Hapcheon atomic bomb
EditorofNationalSection
theiragonyoffamily,whichcanproducethe
victims’welfarecenter.

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