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Sex workers go on hunger strike to protest prostitution crackdown
November 2, 2004
Twenty female sex workers held a rally Seoul's Yeoui-do district to protest
against the crackdown on the sex industry. After the rally, the participants
went on an indefinite hunger strike.
The group of women, who belong to a union of workers from red-light districts
in Korea, said ``We demand the government give us time to change our profession
by suspending the special laws on the sex industry," and added "We will proceed
with our hunger strike until our demands are met."
Representatives from red light districts participate in a hunger strike in
Yeouido, Seoul on Monday, demanding revision of strong anti-prostitution laws
that went into effect in September/Yonhap
They also led a petition for the amendment or delay of the anti-prostitution
law, saying the new law has put over 120,000 sex workers and their family
members' livelihoods in serious jeopardy.
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