Police on Tuesday booked a 42-year-old website operator identified as Kim who
they say arranged the group sex parties and collected participation fees. They
also booked 53 male members who had group sex and 11 females who prostituted
themselves through Kim's website.
According to police, Kim opened the website in November and gathered 4,000
members through May. He also arranged 20 group sex parties at hotels in and
around Seoul.
Police say about a thousand of the 4,000 members participated in the
encounters. Men paid W100,000 to W1.5 million (USD $1=W939) to join in the
illegal sex parties. Each was found to have engaged in group sex on one to
seven occasions.
Police said 11 women including a 38-year-old named Kim had group sex with male website members. Among them were housewives, freelance models, private institute students and convicted prostitutes. They were paid W1 million each to participate in the parties. "There are several million similar websites out there," said a police official.
