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NARS (Chief: Kim Ha-joong) held a policy forum on Friday, November 8, jointly with a Member of the National Assembly, Shin Yong-hyun (Bareunmirae Party), the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, and the Women's Human Rights Institute of Korea at the NARS Main Conference Hall.
With the recent popularization of the internet and smartphones, criminal sex trafficking activity has been spreading online in order to circumvent the domestic legal network. However, legal regulations on the online distribution of prostitution information have been limited. According to the Korea Communications Standards Commission, cases of prostitution information distributed online have increased significantly from 1,577 in 2017 to 11,500 in 2018. Prostitution information has recently expanded to include sex tourism for Koreans travelling overseas.
The purpose of this policy forum was to provide an in-depth analysis of online prostitution activity and discuss its solutions. Hyung Jang-woo (Lawyer at Hanlim Law firm) served as a moderator, and Park Chan-gul (Professor at Department of Police Administration of Daegu Catholic University) made a keynote speech on the “Legal Measures to Regulate Sites Promoting Sex Trafficking.” Kim Min-young (Chief of the Dasi Counseling Center) gave a presentation on “Suggestions for Blocking Online Demand for Sex Trafficking in the Digital Age.” Hong Young-sun (Director of the Cyber Investigation Team at the Daejeon Metropolitan Police Agency) shared “The Results of the Investigation into Prostitution Websites and Future Countermeasures” and Kim Yu-Hyang (Director of Science, Media and Telecommunications Team at NARS) presented “A Study on the Reorganization and Self-regulation of the Online Space from the Feminist Perspective.” After the presentations, the presenters and participants engaged in lively discussion.
In particular, the forum focused on the physical challenges of investigating overseas-based sites, the limitations on legal regulations caused by internet anonymity, and the difficult task of eradicating online information. These topics were derived from a review of the investigation regarding the largest Korean prostitution site closed this year. The forum provided a platform to discuss legal remedies and institutional changes to effectively eliminate online sex trafficking.
With the recent popularization of the internet and smartphones, criminal sex trafficking activity has been spreading online in order to circumvent the domestic legal network. However, legal regulations on the online distribution of prostitution information have been limited. According to the Korea Communications Standards Commission, cases of prostitution information distributed online have increased significantly from 1,577 in 2017 to 11,500 in 2018. Prostitution information has recently expanded to include sex tourism for Koreans travelling overseas.
The purpose of this policy forum was to provide an in-depth analysis of online prostitution activity and discuss its solutions. Hyung Jang-woo (Lawyer at Hanlim Law firm) served as a moderator, and Park Chan-gul (Professor at Department of Police Administration of Daegu Catholic University) made a keynote speech on the “Legal Measures to Regulate Sites Promoting Sex Trafficking.” Kim Min-young (Chief of the Dasi Counseling Center) gave a presentation on “Suggestions for Blocking Online Demand for Sex Trafficking in the Digital Age.” Hong Young-sun (Director of the Cyber Investigation Team at the Daejeon Metropolitan Police Agency) shared “The Results of the Investigation into Prostitution Websites and Future Countermeasures” and Kim Yu-Hyang (Director of Science, Media and Telecommunications Team at NARS) presented “A Study on the Reorganization and Self-regulation of the Online Space from the Feminist Perspective.” After the presentations, the presenters and participants engaged in lively discussion.
In particular, the forum focused on the physical challenges of investigating overseas-based sites, the limitations on legal regulations caused by internet anonymity, and the difficult task of eradicating online information. These topics were derived from a review of the investigation regarding the largest Korean prostitution site closed this year. The forum provided a platform to discuss legal remedies and institutional changes to effectively eliminate online sex trafficking.
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