Chinese
workers in Israel sign no-sex contract
Chinese workers at a company in Israel
have been forced to agree not to have sex with or
marry Israelis as a condition of getting a job.
According to a contact they are required to sign,
male workers may not have any contact with Israeli
women - including prostitutes, a police spokesman,
Rafi Yaffe, said. 12-23-2003
Thailand
touts sex tax as huge revenue stream
Since
the days of the Vietnam War, when tens of
thousands of U.S. combat troops flocked to the
country for brief periods of "rest and
recreation," Thailand has reigned unchallenged as
the Sin Capital of Asia. 11-28-2003
Drug
use, prostitution put Asia's 'Big Three' at risk
China, India and Indonesia — which are
home to 40 percent of the world's population — now
face HIV epidemics that could leap out of risk
groups and into the
mainstream. 11-25-2003
Police
in southwest China's Chongqing raid city's largest
gay brothel
Police in southwest China's
Chongqing municipality raided the city's largest
gay brothel, state media reported Saturday. In
Thursday's sweep of the Blue House Club, officers
found records of what they believed to be close to
100 male and female
prostitutes. 11-22-2003
Thai
debate on legalising prostitution set for late
November
Thailand will hold a two-day
public hearing this month to debate whether to
legalise its famous sex industry and will invite
prostitutes to take part, Justice Minister
Pongthep Thepkanjana said Tuesday.
11-4-2003
Bangladesh's
gay prostitutes take a step out of the closet
Shunned since youth by their families,
Bangladesh's male prostitutes are finding a
furtive sense of community as they fight together
against rampant discrimination. 10-2-2003
Couple
arrested in east China for running gay
prostitution bar
A couple in east China's
Nanjing city has been arrested for running a gay
bar offering male prostitutes, still a rarity in
China, Chinese media reported
Friday. 9-19-2003
Sexual
harassment complaints
It is easy to take a
high moral ground by saying that sexual harassment
is bad and no one should do it. This is because
the term, sexual harassment, encompasses the wide
range of human behavior between members of the two
sexes, and sometimes between members of the same
sex, that I believe, cannot be lumped into one
simple terminology. 9-7-2003
 Race
queens in Japan
I would like to question
the sincerity of many of Japan's so-called Formula
One enthusiasts. Tell me, how can the poor
spectator concentrate on the race when the event's
hottest bodywork is found prancing along its
sidelines? 9-3-2003
Asia
health experts to step up anti-AIDS programme for
sex workers
Asian health experts agreed
Thursday to expand a programme to ensure rigorous
condom use in the sex industry in a bid to prevent
the escalation of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
8-21-2003
WHO
lauds Myanmar's progress in promoting condom use
Myanmar, a conservative country that
wouldn't even acknowledge having prostitution just
two years ago, has made great strides in promoting
condom use to fight the spread of AIDS, said World
Health Organization officials.
8-21-2003
Billions
more condoms needed to halt HIV/AIDS epidemic in
Asia
Billions more condoms are needed to
prevent the escalation of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in
Asia, the World Health Organization (WHO) said
Monday, calling on the region to put safety before
pleasure. 8-18-2003
Baron
of porn spills it all
Physically, he
looked to have stepped from central casting as the
chief baddie in a gangster film -- close enough to
the mark because Chuwit Kamolvisit, the star of
the pictures, is Thailand's biggest baron of sex
and porn. 8-15-2003
Sex,
lies and extramarital bliss
The movie,
however, isn’t interested in moralizing about
these relationships, nor does it want to turn the
whole affair into a farce. In fact, given the
reality of many marriages in South Korea, where
the divorce rate is on the rise and love sometimes
plays a distant third or fourth.
8-14-2003
Sex
change recognition law enacted in Japan
The Diet enacted a law Thursday to enable
people with gender identity disorder to change,
under certain conditions, the way their sex is
listed in their family
registries. 7-11-2003
 'Singles’ shows
changing rules in dating
At the center of
the film is the friendship of two spunky
independent women in their late 20s: Na-nan (Jang
Jin-young), a cute, somewhat goofy fashion
designer, and Dong-mi (Um Jung-hwa), a bold
company woman who is open about her sexual needs.
7-10-2003
The
foreign angle
The Chunichi Shimbun bemoans
the lack of human trafficking laws in Japan, which
is encouraging devious pimps to bring huge numbers
of foreign women to Japan, many under false
pretenses, to work in the flesh
trade. 7-8-2003
Compensated
dating
One of the things I found
interesting since I started attending an American
law school was how rare wonjo kyoje, or
"compensated dating" in literal translation, was
in the United States. Many of my American
classmates did not even know what it was.
7-3-2003
A
ruling heard around the world
As the U.S.
Supreme Court strikes down the sodomy law in Texas
on grounds of an unconstitutional violation of
privacy, half a world away in India, activists are
challenging their own anti-sodomy law in the Delhi
High Court. 6-30-2003
The
party is over for 'Super Free' sex gang
In
Japan, college students are no less hedonistic,
and if there's a difference it's mainly in the way
the public looks upon their misbehavior. Americans
generally accept it as a rite of passage, while
the Japanese see one's student years as a
four-year break in an otherwise drudgery-filled
life. 6-29-2003
Sex
trade exploitation: Destination Japan
The
Japanese government must get serious about
combating the trafficking, exploitation and abuse
of foreign women lured into the sex industry,
experts say. 6-25-2003
Same-sex
marriage: Pandora's box ready to
open?
Korea’s Constitution and Civil Code
do not specifically say whether if a marriage can
be entered into by same-sex couples.
6-25-2003
Man
ordered to compensate wife for refusing
sex
A Seoul court ordered a man to pay
compensation to his estranged wife yesterday after
they split up because he refused to have sex. "The
accused caused the collapse of their marriage by
refusing to have sex with his wife without giving
a justifiable reason." 6-11-2003
Poverty
and gangs force Filipinas into sex trade
Shirley, a young Filipina, stands in front
of the bar where she works in vampish boots and a
skirt so short it leaves little to the
imagination. "Work," she says simply, a helpless
smile spreading across her pretty face. "Work,
that is why I came. In the Philippines there is no
way to make money." 6-2-2003
Cambodian
drama to fight Aids
A soap opera with a
difference is about to hit Cambodia's TV
schedules. Taste of Life, a medical drama aimed at
increasing Aids awareness, is being launched on
Wednesday. 6-2-2003
Over
70 prostitutes arrested in Iran
Iranian
police have arrested over 70 prostitutes, some of
them infected with HIV/AIDS, in a major three
day-long crackdown in and around Tehran, press
reports said. 5-4-2003
Iraqi
prostitute revels in freedom to ply trade
When glances linger a fraction longer than
usual, Sothba, 22, does something that hasn't been
seen in the Iraqi capital in years. She hikes the
gown to just below the knee, flashing bright
floral leggings and the tiniest glimpse of calf.
5-3-2003
No sex please,
we’re Korean
A colleague, a foreign student of Korean literature, was taking part in a
seminar in a Korean university. During one of the sessions, she referred in
passing to some of the sexual scenes in a classic novel. The remark had
unexpected consequences. 5-4-2003
"I
want to be your wife"
Vietnamese
prostitutes trying to lure customers in the resort
town of China Beach have been taking English
classes to improve their chances, state-run media
said on Friday. 4-21-2003
Deranged
marriage
When I was a girl, the notion of
arranged marriage symbolized the vast difference
between India, land of birth, and America, land of
the independent. If we could adapt our image and
actions to blend in with the pale landscape of
suburban life, then we could escape the trap of
family obligation and
expectations. 4-18-2003
List of sex
offenders released
The Commission on Youth Protection (CYP) yesterday released its fourth list of
sex offenders containing the names of 643 people. The list, which gives the
names, ages, birth dates, occupations and neighborhoods of those convicted of
sex crimes against minors, will be available on the CYP homepage. 4-9-2003
Fighting
for their health, India's sex workers mobilize
At the age of 12, Laxmi was traveling
north from Bangalore in southern India when she
was kidnapped from a train platform in Mumbai. Her
captors forced her into the city's burgeoning sex
trade. Although she is no longer a sex worker
herself, Laxmi has become a brothel
owner. 4-2-2003
Sex.co.kr make
its Internet debut
The owner of the popular www.sex.co.kr domain name said he will launch an
Internet portal based on the Web address that will feature a variety of adult
information. 3-31-2003
Lessons
for Taiwan's Vietnamese brides
When Nguyen Thi Phuong is not petitioning local authorities to help her get
her children back, she takes part in forums on the risks and realities that
Vietnamese women face when they go to Taiwan as brides. 3-22-2003
Net closes on
Japan's online Lolitas
At first glance, it looks like an innocent posting on the Internet about a
teen crush, with red hearts framing the letters. But the message makes clear
what is being offered: "Anyone who can give me a lot of money, please e-mail
me. I am 16 years old and cute and I charge 30,000 yen." 3-12-2003
Far
from home
The market reforms instituted in
China in the late 1970s have brought tremendous
changes, both positive and negative for women.
During this period, China has experienced an
explosion of internal
migration. 3-11-2003
A Kiss is just
a kiss?
Sex sells, as people in the advertising, publishing and entertainment
industries know only too well. In the past decade or two, a couple of "love
scenes" (read "sex scenes") has been a must for all producers looking to
produce a blockbuster - Disney features being the virtual sole exception. 3-9-2003
Sex
Trade Flourishing In Holy Land
After a five-hour drive over the Egyptian desert, Inna crawled through a
tunnel under a border fence, brushed sand off her pants and waited with seven
other women to be taken to their new jobs. Running from poverty in her homeland
of Moldova, Inna had come to the Holy Land to enter a profession older than the
Bible - prostitution. 2-24-2003
Kogals
go down the dirty road from trendsetters to
streetwalkers
Kogal was the name given to
the sharp young trendsetters of the late '90s, but
now there are apparently growing numbers of kogal
homeless in Japan's big cities. Many survive by
turning tricks. 2-21-2003
Legalizing
Thai sex work has social gain: activists
There are mixed reactions to a recent
proposal to legalize prostitution, but activists
and sex workers in Thailand say that this would
bring not only financial but social gain, by
ensuring better protection of rights.
2-21-2003
Asia's
sex trade is 'slavery'
A United Nations
official has described the trafficking of women
and children across Asia as "the largest slave
trade in history". The transfers are made using
"even more cruel and devious means than the
original slave trade," 2-20-2003
Bill
makes human trafficking a crime
With an
eye on ratifying a UN convention combating
organized crime, the State Duma has drawn up
legislation that for the first time outlaws human
trafficking and slavery.
2-19-2003
Thai
move to legalise prostitution
Thailand's
official government think-tank is proposing to
legalise the country's huge sex trade. The
National Economic and Social Development Board
says it would reduce corruption and allow it to be
taxed. 2-18-2003
Ban
on music turns singers, dancers to prostitution
For many singers and dancers in Pakistan's
North West Frontier Province (NWFP), an
Islamist-led crackdown on musical performance has
meant a humiliating return to prostitution. "The
ban has forced me to become a prostitute again
after 12 years." 2-16-2003
Selangor
wants women to reveal hubby-visits to prostitutes
Malaysia's Selangor State is turning to
women for help in fighting vice and it want women
to report on their husbands if they suspect the
men had solicited prostitutes, the Malay Mail
reported Friday. 2-14-2003
Kite-flying
and Thai sex education don't mix
To some, it is a bold, candid, and realistic attempt to teach young Thais
sex education. To others, it is dangerous material that could well corrupt
impressionable minds. At the center of this debate is a 32-page booklet called
Khumue Waisai (Handbook for Teenagers), which was produced to educate children
aged 12 and over about the physical and emotional aspects of sex. 2-9-2003
Sex,
lies and Internet-based deception
University students are living together,
frequenting prostitutes and arranging meetings for
sex via the Internet with increasing frequency.
Forget safe sex, the number one concern for
students is keeping Mom and Dad in the dark.
2-2-2003
Teen
sex on the increase
The problem of teen
sex in Thailand has become a matter of concern as
the abortion rate for teen pregnancies is double
that of France, which many Thais see as a
promiscuous nation, a psychologist said yesterday.
2-2-2003
Cambodia
shuts down red-light district
Cambodia's
notorious Svay Pak shantytown, where girls as
young as 10 are employed as prostitutes, has been
shut down by the Cambodian Government. Police
swooped on the brothel community, on the outskirts
of the capital Phnom Penh, a day before the start
of a regional tourism conference.
1-23-2003
China's new
female writers captivate world
Two utterly different female voices of China have come to fascinate
worldwide publishers in recent months, giving rise to yet another round of
enchantment with the exoticism of China's multiple faces. 1-16-2003
Philippines:
Children, children everywhere
Every night of the week Nina cruises the strip of honky-tonk bars on Fields
Avenue in Angeles City carrying a bucket full of peanuts and candies, which she
sells to the foreign and Filipino customers ogling girls and playing pool. But
it's not the stunning array of snacks that Nina sells that is of any particular
interest. Nina is obviously very pregnant, a fact that she is obviously proud
of. 1-15-2003
Glitter
deported from Cambodia
Shamed rock star
Gary Glitter has been deported from Cambodia after
serving time in jail there. Glitter, whose real
name is Paul Francis Gadd, was detained over
suspected sex offences, the Foreign Office
confirmed. 1-7-2003
China
cracks down on strippers
Police in China
are trying to curb a proliferation of striptease
shows. Chinese state media says that the strippers
have been performing in nightclubs, cinemas — and
even temples. 1-2-2003
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