The National Youth Commission carried out an investigation on the island last
month together with the international NGO Naeil Women's Center for Youth. It
said the investigation came after a UNICEF report on the sexual exploitation of
children in East Asia and the South Pacific last year listed Kiribati as a
nation at risk.
There is even a word - "korekorea" - being coined in the islands for girls who
service Koreans.
The commission says Korean sailors must be educated on the human rights of
minors, and Korea should conclude an extradition treaty with Kiribati to
strictly apply anti-prostitution and youth protection laws.
The NYC is also calling for Koreans who commit sexual crimes against children and adolescents overseas to be punished as if they had committed their crimes in Korea. There exists no criminal provision for overseas child sex tourism and prostitution in the country's laws.
