Separating fact from fiction in Afghanistan
In Asne Seierstad's 'The Bookseller of Kabul', Shah M was portrayed as a domestic tyrant who abandoned his wife. Now he plans to set the record straight. 8-31-2004

Population control or reproductive health? It's all a scam
Remember those warnings about how unbridled population growth was a bomb ticking away? Well, the dire scenario did not materialise. The current world population of 6.4 billion scarcely burdens the earth's carrying capacity. 8-31-2004

Many visitors to porn sites hold college degree
A recent survey found that about 98 per cent of visitors to 65 porn websites are under the age of 35, with the youngest being only 15 as found in Zhejiang Province, reports Xinhua Net. 8-31-2004

Media urged not to sensationalise sex and crime reports
Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi is sad that competition has prompted the local media to sensationalise some sex or crime stories. He said yesterday that this could raise false public alarm and give other countries a wrong and distorted impression of Malaysia. 8-31-2004

Bahrain seeks to clamp down on phone pornography
MPs are calling for a new law to combat untraceable pornographic broadcasts between mobile phones. Girls are reportedly being harassed by youths misusing the Bluetooth technology now available in some mobiles. 8-31-2004

Porn crosses over
A wave of confessionals and self-help guides written by current or former stars of pornographic films is flooding bookstores this year, accompanied by erotic novels, racy sex-instruction guides, histories of sexual particulars and photographic treatments of the world of pornography. 8-30-2004

Young, educated, middle class and... a call girl
Sleaze Capital. That's what the local media has dubbed the capital where police have been busting sex rackets almost daily. Nearly 300 women have been arrested in the drive against prostitution this year. 8-30-2004

Elite educator pinched over penchant for pubescent prostitutes
Hirokazu Shizuku was one of Osaka's top education officials, responsible for ensuring the prefecture's educators maintained the high moral and professional standards expected of them. 8-30-2004

Singapore rejects U.S. sex slavery charges
The State Department's annual report on human trafficking says Singapore has a "significant" trafficking problem with more than 100 women and girls sent to the wealthy Southeast Asian island-state every year. 8-30-2004

Principal busted for distributing nude photos of ex-colleague
The Justice Ministry plans to tighten its visa screening of foreign women entering Japan as dancers and singers in an effort to prevent crime syndicates from forcing them into prostitution, ministry officials said Thursday. 8-30-2004

Sex, flies and videotape on Sinai smuggling routes
At a signal from their guide, the women halt, hunched uncertainly in the dark no-man's-land. He lays down towels in a row. The human caravan proceeds, treading gingerly to prevent telltale tracks. 8-30-2004

Economic plights drive prostitution in Turkey
Though prostitution is legal in Turkey, most of the women working in the industry are not registered and many are forced to ply their trade against their will, according to a new study conducted by the Ankara Chamber of Commerce. 8-30-2004

Philippines: Dreams turn into nightmare
Ella, 20, was just barely 14 years old when a neighbor recruited and offered her family the opportunity to earn more. With the approval of her parents, Ella along with other kids her age went to Manila en route to Japan where she worked as an entertainer. 8-30-2004

Pornography trade prospers in China
"Yellow movie," she whispers to two passing men - the Chinese slang for pornography. Holding her belly, she guides them to a grassy area, lifting a clump of sod to reveal several knockoff discs from the United States and Japan. 8-30-2004

Chinese police generate “sex scandal” against Hong Kong election candidate
In what has all the hallmarks of a political set-up, Chinese police have arrested Alex Ho, a Democratic Party candidate in the upcoming Legislative Council elections in Hong Kong, on charges of soliciting a prostitute. The 46-year-old Ho was detained in a police raid in the early hours of August 13 in the southern city of Dongguang. He was allegedly found in a hotel room with Zhou, a 25-year-old woman. 8-30-2004

Sexual harassment: when work turns into a nightmare
Mona began work at a major telecommunications company with an eager look in her eyes. A few months later, however, instead of eagerness, Mona's wide brown eyes betrayed an uneasiness that some of her co-workers could not help but notice. Her dream job had turned into a nightmare. 8-30-2004

Sexual harassment in India: State told to set up committee
The Gujarat High Court, in an order, has directed the State Government, particularly the State Chief Secretary, to constitute by September 2 a Complaint Committee to look into cases of sexual harassment of females at their workplace. 8-30-2004

Tables turned on cops at meet
The Mumbai police—they are holding a Cyber Safety Week—and the All India Association of Industries had invited some well-known personalities to discuss the how children can easily access porn on the net Thursday. 8-27-2004

Vietnamese children: "We want to be protected from human trafficking"
The woman deceived her by adopting her and then selling her to a restaurant in China for 6,000 yuans. Seven months later, the restaurant owner forced her to work as a bar girl and to serve brothel patrons. 8-27-2004

Japan: Entertainers face visa crackdown as ministry targets prostitution
The Justice Ministry plans to tighten its visa screening of foreign women entering Japan as dancers and singers in an effort to prevent crime syndicates from forcing them into prostitution, ministry officials said Thursday. 8-27-2004

Japan adopts history textbook that justifies its invasion of Asia
On Thursday the Tokyo Education Board adopted a new public school history textbook filled with nationalistic bias involving distortions of historical facts and exoneration of the Japanese invasion of Asian countries and the rounding-up of women in occupied areas for use as sex slaves for its military personnel. 8-27-2004

South Korean births drop to 35 year low, underpopulation a problem
Another Asian country is facing the problem of underpopulation -- a trend that is besetting Japan, countries in Europe, and Canada. The latest official figures from the Korean government show that the number of births has dropped to a 35 year low. 8-27-2004

INTERVIEW - Yoko Yoshida: Society a 'perpetrator' of human trafficking
In its latest Trafficking in Persons Report, the U.S. Department of State lists Japan as a country requiring "scrutiny" for its failure to satisfy the minimum standards for passing legislation to protect victims and otherwise preventing human trafficking. 8-27-2004

Four suspects held for suborning witness in human trafficking trial in Israel
Former private investigator Yaakov Eshel was arrested yesterday on suspicion of suborning a witness. Eshel, recently arrested on suspicion of involvement in the Paritzky affair, is now suspected of conspiring with attorney Kiril Roshkiban, his girlfriend Natalia Kondalevsky, and a private investigator named Boaz Elias to suborn a call girl to give false testimony in the trial of a man accused of rape and trafficking in women, Sergei Koperman. 8-27-2004

Brothel in garb of guest house in Khirki Extn, 9 held
The Delhi Police Crime Branch claimed to have busted a prostitution racket on Wednesday and arrested seven girls and two pimps from the Khirki Extension area in South Delhi. The prostitution racket was being run in the garb of a guest house ‘Tree of Life’. 8-27-2004

Adult profile: Lee Sabi, a year in review
2004 has been an exceptional year for Asian women in Playboy Magazine. First Playboy announced that Korean beauty Lee Sabi would be named as a Playmate of the Month for January 2004. Then in May/June of this year the premiere men's magazine unveiled Cyber Girl Kay Sivilay an ethnic Thai, who is still thought to be a contender as a second Asian Playmate of the Month this year. 8-26-2004

Race documentary showing a dark side of Asian culture to be broadcast in the UK
Police feared the show would spark riots, as seen in Bradford in 2001 A documentary which police feared could incite racial violence is to be broadcast today. Edge of the City was due to be aired on Channel 4 on May 20th, but was withdrawn hours before transmission. 8-26-2004

No qualifying round for frantic Olympics sex scene
Four years ago the winning medal went to Cuba, thanks to a remark from Australian basketball player Michelle Trims: "The Cubans are using up condoms as if they're about to go out of fashion." 8-26-2004

Iran: 16-year-old girl hanged in street for "acts incompatible with chastity"
Amnesty International Tuesday (24 August 2004) expressed its outrage at the reported execution of a girl believed to be 16 years old for “acts incompatible with chastity”. Ateqeh Rajabi was reportedly publicly hanged on a street in the city centre of Neka, northern Iran, on 15 August 2004. 8-26-2004

PCs replace pills to prevent pregnancies
According to The Daily Mail, German researcher Dr Hubertus Rechberg, has invented the machine called Lady-Comp which works by measuring women's temperature on a daily basis to determine when she is most likely to get pregnant. 8-26-2004

Pay Rs 10 for sexual harassment
Professors of Delhi University will now have to pay for "sexual harassment". Or so it would seem from their new payslips. Some teachers were nonplussed, while others merely laughed it off as their July payslips showed a deduction of 10 rupees under the heading "sexual harassment". 8-26-2004

Leena disqualified over song and dance in the race for Bangkok governor
Bangkok governor candidate Leena Jungjunja yesterday threatened to sue the Election Commission after it expelled her from the race for violating election rules by organising a show to woo voters. 8-25-2004

Professor splits hairs over pubic profiles
"Women's pubic hair is normally shaped like an inverted triangle, but some is oblong or elliptic-shaped," pubic hair researcher Kosai Jumon tells Asahi Geino, adding that the shape of a woman's "underhair" often determines her sexual proclivities. 8-25-2004

Rise in miniskirts signals economy truly on the up
Japan's economy is finally back on track. Bonuses are up, optimism is high and sales of pricey consumer items like air conditioners and plasma TVs are brisk. All this adds up to another boom in miniskirts, long an indicator of fair financial fortunes and a reasonable income generator of their own, according to Spa! 8-25-2004

Korean men breaking taboos, winning hearts of Japanese women
A corny and extravagantly overacted TV drama with a cheesy script has had the remarkable -- and once almost unthinkable -- effect of making Korean men the biggest turn-on for Japanese women, according to Shukan Gendai. 8-25-2004

Korea: Teenagers to be blocked from cyber pornography
The government will implement a set of comprehensive and systematic measures to prevent illegal harmful information from reaching juveniles. To develop technologies for protecting teenagers from lewd and detrimental information in cyberspace, the government has decided to invest 10-billion-won by 2007. 8-25-2004

The new abolitionists
Freeing ‘sex slaves’ is now at the top of the human rights agenda, thanks to Christian evangelicals, the Bush administration, and two former Washington politicians, Linda Smith and John Miller. How did the anti-trafficking crusade evolve, and is it being overhyped? 8-25-2004

Male middle-rank managers biggest sexual harassment offenders
It has been revealed that male middle-ranking managerial officials in their 40s with college graduate-level educations or better are the biggest sexual harassment offenders. 8-25-2004

Justice Ministry allowing victims of human trafficking to stay in Japan
The Justice Ministry is flexibly enforcing legislation to protect victims of human trafficking even though they are illegally staying in Japan, officials said Tuesday. Specifically, the ministry grants such victims special permission to stay in Japan in order to protect them and arrest traffickers. 8-25-2004

The virtual girlfriend is here
Hong Kong citizens famously told a survey last year they were too busy with work for relationships; now a new technology will enable them to go dating using their famous passion for mobile phones. 8-24-2004

China planning first nationwide survey on women's sex lives
The 2004 China Female Sex Survey will ask respondents how often they have sex, whether they've had extramarital affairs and other questions, the official Xinhua News Agency said Tuesday. 8-24-2004

Catching the couriers in Malaysia
The authorities are keeping an eye on visitors from two Asian countries to check the smuggling of sex enhancement pills into the country. It has been found that imitation Viagra is making its way here in the hand luggage of these travellers since last year. 8-24-2004

Terrorist jailbird wants bail for sex with wife
Lawyers come up with all kinds of arguments while petitioning courts for their clients' bail. But the application filed by Firozkhan Zafarkhan, an accused in the Godhra train carnage, counts high in originality — he wants to be released on bail so he can go home and fulfil his carnal desires. 8-24-2004

Arab press investigates human smuggling for Saudi sex trade
A recent story revealed in detail how women are being sent to Saudi Arabia under the cover of Al Umra, a religious ritual that is fulfilled by visiting Mecca at certain times of the year. Once the women arrive in Saudi Arabia, however, they find that they are in the control of a well-organized prostitution ring. 8-23-2004

Pimp running in Thai governor election
The kind of person, he thinks, Bangkok needs as governor - even if his resume does raise a few eyebrows. What's his business? Prostitution. Chuwit is one of 22 dreamers and schemers vying for the approval of 3.8 million eligible voters who go the polls Aug. 29. 8-23-2004

JDate banners feature pictures of porn models
Her name is Hila. She is 22 years old and lives in Tel Aviv. She is very attractive, single, looking for a Jewish husband from a good family, and most important - she is a mouse-click away. This is how the banner persuades you, the Jewish bachelor, to enter the Jewish dating site JDate and find the love of your life. 8-23-2004

Teacher sacked over high school girl sex
A high school teacher who paid a schoolgirl for a raunchy sex session in a Kyoto love hotel has been arrested, Kyoto Prefectural Police said. Kazuki Anasawa was arrested for breaking the law banning child prostitution. 8-23-2004

W20-million reward offered to fight prostitution in Korea
Anyone who provides information leading to the arrest of sex slave traffickers will be eligible to receive a reward of up to 20 million won ($17,300) as part of efforts by law enforcement authorities to crack down on prostitution. 8-23-2004

Sexual violence at home in Korea
The Seoul Central District Court Friday made a landmark ruling on sexual violence at home when it delivered a guilty verdict to a husband for having sex with his wife against her will. It is the first time in the nation’s history that a husband has been convicted. 8-23-2004

US asks Pakistan to report on human trafficking
The United States has asked Pakistan to furnish a report on Islamabad’s effort to combat human trafficking to the State Department by next month so that the department could evaluate its performance to avoid sanctions against Pakistan. 8-23-2004

Cleric denies putting kiss of death on creativity
Popular Muslim preacher Abdullah Gymnastiar denies that his successful campaign to have a locally made teen romance movie withdrawn from cinemas means that he opposes artistic creativity. 8-23-2004

76 sex workers rounded up; 16 positive for STDs
City Health Officer Rodel Agbulos told Sun Star in an interview that the raiding team, which he headed, rounded up 76 sex workers, 16 of who were found to be suffering from STDs (Sexually Transmitted Diseases). 8-23-2004

Two prostitution rackets busted in Delhi
Six call girls and three pimps were arrested from Lal Guest House, Saket, after a tip-off that its owner was running a prostitution racket. A decoy customer booked a room in the guesthouse and struck a deal with its owner, Chiranji Lal. 8-23-2004

Depraved damsels dote on those desiring decadent delights
Pink shops advertise extensively on Japanese Internet sites, and a reporter who tried one out was eager to post an account of his experiences on the pages of Nikkan Gendai. 8-20-2004

Feeling stressed? Try nude therapy
The administration of the scenic-spot pioneers -- the first nude swimming area for men and women respectively in China -- formally opened to the public August 12, 2004. The idea took shape after eight local female college students were found skinny dipping in the area. 8-20-2004

Enter e-sleaze: Website spreads e-prostitution
I am a 22-year-old girl studying in a college in Bangalore. I am in need of money. I can provide all types of services. I have to go home at nights, so night service is not available. Guys who are ready to spare 6000 bucks for this, write to me at xyz@yahoo.com with your contact number. 8-20-2004

Iranian husband who killed cheating wife, freed
Iran's judiciary ordered a man to be released after he killed his unfaithful wife in the courtroom, because the woman's immediate forebears are not alive to claim retaliation, press reports said Thursday. 8-20-2004

AIDS a big and growing risk to Asian markets
Standing in line last month to vote in Indonesia's presidential election, 23-year-old Rita Sarjiya and her friends blushed when the conversation turned to sex. We had already covered the pressing issues of the day -- Indonesia's rising poverty rates, government corruption, the nation's neglected education system and others. 8-20-2004

Delhi murders reveal bias against gays
It had all the elements of an enthralling murder mystery: naked and near-naked bodies of two lovers, pools of blood, multiple stabwounds and sexual adventure gone horribly wrong at a posh Delhi address. 8-20-2004

Banks probe online transaction to curb web porn
In an effort to reinforce the national campaign against Internet pornography, the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) has issued a circular requiring all banks to investigate online transactions. 8-19-2004

Adult Profile: Sakura Sena
Sakura Sena is the Japanese equivalent of Francine Dee. With her blonde hair and measurements (bra size 40G) she topples Francine (33DD-23-33; 5'3"). She is 3 years older but what the heck, she is still fetching with her 29 years! 8-19-2004

Going for gold in Japan's nude Olympics
While sports fans around the world turn their attention toward Athens, where the Olympics, the greatest sporting event of them all, are currently taking place, some Japanese athletes are baring more than their souls in the quest for gold. 8-19-2004

Hong Kong Democrat jailed for sexual misconduct may be released
Chinese police have ordered a Hong Kong legislative candidate to six months' detention after allegedly finding him naked with a prostitute in the city of Dongguan, but now late reports say he might soon be released. 8-19-2004

Scorching summer sparks condom, love hotel boom boom
"Condoms certainly are selling well now. Sales are about 30 percent up on other seasons. This summer is also notable because of the large number of repeat customers. We've seen an extremely large increase in our number of regular customers," a spokesman from the Tokyo birth control shop Condomania says. 8-19-2004

China Unicom cuts ties with ISPs to curb porn
China Unicom announced Wednesday that it has severed ties with 45 Internet service providers (ISP) involved in the use of cell phones in pornographic business in the past month. 8-19-2004

Mumbai sex workers get female condoms
In an awareness drive aimed at sex workers, the non-governmental organisation Population Services International has launched a female condom, 'Rishtaa'. The condom is made of polyurethane and designed to fit the female body. 8-19-2004

Fong: Hire special officers to handle sexual harassment issues in Malaysia
Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr Fong Chan Onn said although it had only received 10 reported cases last year, it was believed that many sexual harassment instances went unreported because the victims often felt they were alone in their suffering. 8-19-2004

Girls let Mr. Right come straight in the box
Gyaku Nanpaya, establishments set up exclusively for women to come in and select men waiting for them in little booths, have started to flourish in Tokyo entertainment districts like Shinjuku, Shibuya and Ikebukuro, according to Shukan Post. 8-18-2004

Love doll takes on superhero fans
Most would suspect something amiss if they found kids' superhero action figures on sale immediately beside raunchy hardcore adult DVDs, but that's precisely what's on offer at Kobe's Subcul Syndicate. 8-18-2004

Hong Kong candidate 'arrested in sex sting'
The Chinese government set up a fake sex sting operation to arrest a candidate in key elections in Hong Kong, pro-democracy politicians in the territory claimed yesterday.8-18-2004

China launches campaign to close down 'phone sex' services
China has ordered a nationwide blitz to wipe out "phone sex" services that it says are corrupting the country's younger generation, state media reported Wednesday.8-18-2004

Meeting on preventing sexual harassment in universities held in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) held a meeting here on Tuesday to discuss the issue of sexual harassment in universities. The Forum on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Universities was organized by EOC and Hong Kong Women's Commission.8-18-2004

Sex-trade panel: Go after johns, too
Zalman Vinder echoed many of the panelists gathered to discuss the fight against sex slavery when he rose from his seat in the audience and called for stricter sentencing of traffickers. But his words had special resonance, since his plea came against the backdrop of his personal experience. 8-18-2004

Human trafficking in Israel described by police as a literal "meat market"
Justice Minister Yosef (Tommy) Lapid said this week that there are as many as 3,000 prostitutes in Israel today, many of whom have been "imported" into the country against their will. 8-18-2004

Gays, male prostitutes under police scanner
Police have swooped down on dozens of male prostitutes and transsexuals catering to affluent gays in Delhi while probing the grisly murder of two young men that shocked the capital. 8-18-2004

Japanese women shun birth control pill
Five years ago Japanese women's rights advocates won their battle to legalize the birth control pill. Now they are waging an even tougher fight -- getting women to use it. "I don't know anyone who is on the pill among my friends, and we don't really talk about it," said Junko Okihiro, 24, a software company engineer. 8-17-2004

Three vice girls jailed for a year
Three prostitutes from Uzbekistan, who entered the country during the Formula One racing in April, have each been jailed for a year by the Lower Criminal Court. They claimed they were forced into the sex trade after another woman from Uzbekistan seized their passports. 8-17-2004

Couple frog marched into doing wedding march
Two Bangladeshi lovers found themselves frogmarched down the aisle by police after pretending to be married when they checked into a hotel, a report said Tuesday. 8-17-2004

Rushdie turns India's air blue
From time to time, Indian author Salman Rushdie stirs reactions that are unrelated to the books he writes. Earlier there was a death sentence for insulting a prophet, a couple more novels that did not match his earlier brilliance, then a third wife - a model two-and-a-half decades his junior - with whom he makes his way through the party circuit around the world, and now his take on porn, which has set off debate in this country, and elsewhere. 8-12-2004

Old battles, new challenges
Every minute around the world, one woman dies from complications of pregnancy and childbirth, 10 teenage girls undergo an unsafe abortion, and 57 people catch a sexually-transmitted disease. These figures clearly indicate that there is still a long way to go in addressing sexual and reproductive health issues around the world. 8-17-2004

Japan's Yamagata U. sexual harassment exposed 1 year after incident
A professor at Yamagata University's engineering department sexually harassed a female student last year, it was learned Saturday. 8-17-2004

China jails woman in porn crackdown
A Chinese woman has been jailed for four years for running an online strip joint. Wang Yanli is believed to be the first woman to be banged up behind bars following China's tough new stand against Internet pornography.8-17-2004

Movie director slapped with jail term for child prostitution
A movie director charged with paying junior high school girls to have sex with him was Monday handed a two year, four month jail sentence for crimes the Yokohama District Court described as "malicious." 8-17-2004

China cracks down on Internet porn
China's Ministry of Information, together with the Ministry of Public Security and the Information Office of the State Council, will set new regulations on text message services to punish those who spread pornographic information via text messages.8-17-2004

Japanese human trafficking laws to be toughened
Under pressure from the United Nations and the U.S. State Department, the Justice Ministry will seek legal revisions to deal more harshly with infringements of freedom, such as human trafficking, kidnapping and confinement. 8-17-2004

Beyond the painted smile
In a culture shrouded in mysticism we find ourselves mesmerized by the idea of the geisha. Our almost voyeuristic view of this lifestyle maybe caused by the fact that we do not quite understand the true meaning of geisha. 8-13-2004

Sexually active schoolgirls say one swallow doesn't make a summer
Summer is liberating, the warmth bringing out schoolgirls onto the streets to enjoy their break from class, but also exposing them to all sorts of dangers and temptations. One late July night, a crackdown by cops on entertainment areas in the capital netted an astounding 1,288 girls taken into custody for various offenses. 8-13-2004

Jittery chicks sic private dicks on selves
Background checks are nothing new when it comes to preparation for marriage in a Japan where nuptial ties are still as much a merger between two clans as they are the union of a loving couple. 8-13-2004

Lesbian fraudsters charged over mother's murder
A 24-year-old woman, under arrest for fraudulently withdrawing cash from her dead mother's bank account, has been accused of murder, police said. Miki Sayaka's lesbian lover, who is also under arrest in connection with the fraud, has also been served a fresh arrest warrant for abandoning the mother's body. 8-13-2004

Firm steps pledged on Internet porn
China will improve its long-term mechanism to combat Internet pornography, according to a senior official of the Ministry of Information Industry yesterday. Xi Guohua, a vice minister, said the long-term supervision mechanism should be improved for "combating Internet porn comprehensively." 8-13-2004

Japanese spice up game shows by making them "sex game shows"
Game shows have bored us for years, but that doesn't mean there's anything wrong with the format - it's the silly questions and dumb contestants that put us to sleep. Always finding ways to push the sexual envelope the Japanese have figured out how to turn their fondness for wacky game shows into hardcore porn. 8-12-2004

German man beaten, arrested over making sex tape with Thai bar girl
A Thai beer bar hostess and two friends stormed into a German man's house and assaulted him after he refused to hand over a videotape of her having sex with him. 8-12-2004

The belated sexing up of China
In the 1960s, Chairman Mao Zedong launched what he called the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, which lasted until his death in 1976. The so-called cultural revolution, however, was really a gigantic power struggle. But, in the last decade or so, China has been going through a real cultural revolution in some ways. 8-12-2004

China's publishing circles say no to porn productions
China's publishing circles are carrying out a nationwide campaign to stop publishing pornographic materials, in an effort to protect China's impressionable young minds. 8-12-2004

Charges dismissed in case alleging `sex tours'
A judge has dismissed charges against two New York men accused by state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer of promoting prostitution through "sex tourism" in Asia. 8-12-2004

Pakistan's Junoon joins drive against HIV/AIDS
A popular South Asian rock singer Salman Ahmed joined the United Nations' campaign against AIDS today with an appeal to world bodies to jointly participate in efforts to combat the deadly disease. 8-12-2004

Tajikistan: Living with HIV/AIDS
Life is not easy for an HIV-positive person in Tajikistan given the negative approach to infected people and the stigma attached to the disease prevalent in the country. 8-12-2004

Human trafficking: Bangladesh may face US sanctions
A report in a national daily said that the US has asked Bangladesh to improve the human trafficking from Bangladesh within next five days or face sanctions. If the report is true, it is surely a matter of grave concern. 8-12-2004

Maza wants starlet Keanna Reeves to name clients
Starlet Keanna Reeves should identify politicians who hired her as their "escort" in order to clear innocent parties, a woman lawmaker said Thursday. "I think she needs to identify them to clear innocent congressmen of the allegations and in order for us to get to the bottom of this." 8-12-2004

Kogal fashion and lifestyle: A primer
I've heard that some Japanese women wearing kogal fashion have been mistaken as prostitute while traveling to foreign countries. For those of you who do not know what kogal fashion is, here is a primer. Like many other countries, Japanese schoolgirls (and boys too) have to wear a uniform (School Girl Costume). 8-11-2004

Hong Kong prostitution scam alleged by ‘victims’
Two Thai women yesterday filed a petition with the Culture Ministry calling for action against a 23-year-old woman they claimed had attempted to lure them into prostitution in Hong Kong. 8-11-2004

Supermodel drowns during photo shoot
18-year-old high school student supermodel Oh Ji-hye drowned in the sea during a photo shoot for an illustrated magazine. According to Incheon Maritime Police Station, Oh drowned in the sea while she was preparing to take a pictorial . 8-11-2004

Cabinet nods for Thailand's host of next year's Miss Universe contest
The cabinet has approved in principle a proposed plan that Thailand hosts the Miss Universe pageant contest 2005. 8-11-2004

Bahrain: Crackdown on raunchy photos
Inspectors are whipping raunchy magazines off the shelves of Bahrain's shops. Inspections at books stores, supermarkets and other shops have been stepped up to get nude or provocative images off the shelves. 8-11-2004

Activists say legalizing prostitution in India may spur abuse
As the issue of legalizing prostitution in India gathers momentum, leading women's groups have expressed fears that the move will increase abuse against sex workers who are already subjected to violence. 8-11-2004

Wife, daughters kill man for objecting to prostitution
Poverty drove them to prostitution and the man in the family paid the price with his life for throwing a spanner in their “business”. One Rezzak Bora (46) was killed by his wife and two daughters for trying to prevent them from continuing with their flesh trade. 8-11-2004

Human trafficking and misplaced accountability
The US State Department's concern over Bangladesh becoming one of the most vulnerable countries of origin in human trafficking is understandable. But its threat to slap sanctions for failing to improve the situation is not. 8-11-2004

Guj Governmentt refused to acknowledge sexual violence: Bilkis
Bilkis Yukoob Rasool, a gang rape victim of the 2002 Gujarat violence, on Sunday flayed the Government for not acknowledging sexual violence committed against women during the sectarian massacre. 8-11-2004

China to restrict keywords in e-porn crackdown
The ongoing Chinese crackdown against Internet porn now includes the government working with the two top search engines in the country to restrict the use of keywords. How many keywords 3721 might bar in China, if at all, isn’t known as of this writing, but Baidu has revealed they’ve barred 40,000 keywords. 8-10-2004

China's adult toy business wants to bare all
Wu Wei, president of one of China's largest makers of adult sex toys, says it is only a matter of time before couples accept "marital aids" as being "just like drinking water". 8-10-2004

Soft or hard, Mumbai wants porn
A host of celebrities in India’s freedom capital yesterday enthusiastically endorsed writer Salman Rushdie’s view that porn was vital to freedom and that a free and civilised society should be judged by its willingness to accept pornography. 8-10-2004

Manila destroys porn CDs
A dozen boxes of pornographic VCDs and DVDs and bundles of pornographic tabloids and magazines were destroyed yesterday as part of the Manila City government’s campaign against smut. 8-10-2004

Lack of sex education spurs childhood psychological problems, say experts
If children don't gain sexual knowledge in proper ways, psychological problems can easily result, experts said here Monday at the 28th International Congress of Psychology. 8-10-2004

A preference plays out
Recently, I spent several minutes making a particular calculation. The number I ended up with, oddly enough, got me thinking about Rwanda, 1994. Because the number was a million. 8-10-2004

Teaching consultant busted for having 10,000 porn photos of young girls
A teaching consultant of the education board in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, was arrested Monday for allegedly producing and hiding in his home some 10,000 pornographic photos of about 90 underage girls he had sex with. 8-10-2004

Check-mate by nude, hot move!
Russian Chess grandmaster Maria Manakova has a unique way of popularizing the brainy side of the black and white game; by posing nude for magazines. 8-10-2004

Bangladesh: US team lauds steps to control human trafficking
Visiting US state department team on Monday appreciated the measures taken by the government for stopping trafficking of women and children and laid emphasis on concerted efforts for further improvement of the situation. 8-10-2004

Sex, sewers spice up race to be Bangkok governor
He Had been working a market from 6am that morning, under a steady monsoon drizzle. Now he met me in his office with the big wooden model sailing yachts, two of them, and a huge poster of himself right next to his desk, picturing him with tie flying, possibly in a studio-induced wind, hands spread, decisive and action-oriented. 8-9-2004

China's first nude beach shuts
China's first nude beach, which opened in Zhejiang province, has been temporarily shut down due to public opposition, media reports said on Monday. The beach, which was open for 15 days, was started last month in Lin'an City. 8-9-2004

Gay men get fast HIV tests in Hangzhou
The city has conducted China's first HIV tests and counselling in gay bars to provide effective HIV prevention. More than 60 gay men have accepted the HIV rapid testing, with over 3 per cent being found HIV positive. 8-9-2004

Top Chinese sites launch anti-porn measures
Popular Chinese web sites Sina.com, Sohu.com and Netease.com are complying with orders to clean up web content to "create a green environment for millions of underage surfers," the official Xinhua news agency says. 8-9-2004

Shanghai: Sex bias exists in local job market
Sexual discrimination remains rife when female university graduates seek employment, according to a survey published Sunday by the Shanghai Women's Federation. 8-9-2004

Porn is vital to freedom: Rushdie
Pornography is vital to freedom and a free and civilised society should be judged by its willingness to accept it, says India-born writer Salman Rushdie. His views are to be published alongside images of American porn stars in a book called XXX:30 Porn Star. 8-9-2004

Granny's rapist charged with kiddy sex abduction
A middle-aged man being held for bashing and attempting to rape a 73-year-old woman has been slapped with additional charges for trying to kidnap an elementary schoolgirl he intended to sexually assault, police said. 8-9-2004

Government urged to reject US report on human trafficking
Bangladesh Citizens' Alliance Against Trafficking (BCAAT) yesterday called on the government to reject the TIP (Trafficking in Person) Report-2004 on Bangladesh released by the US State Department in June. 8-9-2004

Singaporeans wonder if new leader signals new era
As Singaporeans prepare for next week's handover of power to a new prime minister, many are wondering whether their future leader's rule will echo that of his authoritarian father - the founder of modern Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew. 8-9-2004

Asian gays party in Singapore despite tough laws
Some 6,000 people turned out for the start of a three-day gay and lesbian festival in Singapore -- where homosexual acts are still illegal -- making it Asia's largest gay event, its organizers said Sunday. 8-8-2004

Japanese man nabbed at Bangkok airport for human trafficking
Thai police arrested a Japanese man Thursday night upon his arrival at Bangkok's international airport from Tokyo and charged him with human trafficking, a police source said Friday. 8-7-2004

60,000 kids being forced into prostitution; Lacson
Senator Panfilo Lacson on Friday expressed alarm over the state of poor children in the country amid a report showing that about 60,000 children were being forced into prostitution. 8-7-2004

Thailand: Trafficking victims finally given protection
The Thai government opened its arms to victims of human trafficking by unveiling a raft of measures aimed at protecting children, women and men trapped in this modern form of slavery. 8-6-2004

'Stunning' Thai go-go dancer quits prostitution to become pornstar
This stunning Thai go-go dancer was once the undisputed superstar of Rainbow  1 in Nana Plaza. Her name is Mot and Mango Sauce reader Jim snapped a picture back in 1999. A veteran of over 60 visits to Thailand, Jim beleives that Mot is the prettiest girl he’s ever seen and a genuinely nice person too – an unlikely combination which probably makes her unique. 8-6-2004

Canadian legal showdown brews in fight against sex tourism
Prosecutors in Canada are amassing a precedent-setting case in the fight against Southeast Asian sex tourism -- against the first Canadian charged at home with alleged sex crimes abroad. 8-6-2004

Japanese dating sites spark surge in child prostitution crimes
The number of child prostitution cases linked to Internet dating sites soared between January and June, with apprehensions climbing to a record high, a police report has shown. 8-6-2004

Palace calls for public support for antiporn drive
Malacañang said on Thursday that it has been "vigilant" against child exploitation in the country but admitted that it cannot succeed without the full cooperation of parents and local communities. 8-6-2004

World: U.S. Diplomat leads charge against human trafficking
The U.S. diplomat in charge of leading an American worldwide campaign against what is called "trafficking in people" says that no nation in the world -- including the United States itself -- is doing enough to combat the practice. 8-6-2004

Bitter history between China and Japan sets stage for fiery showdown
From territorial claims, to war atrocities and outrage over sex orgies, tensions between China and Japan are never far from bubbling to the surface. And now there's the boo boys at the Asian Cup, whose antics threaten to escalate into yet another diplomatic spat between the Asian giants. 8-6-2004

The Japanese have designed the 'perfect boyfriend'
Japanese designers have filled the gap in the beds of lonely single ladies by creating the Boyfriend Arm Pillow, a partner who will happily hug them to sleep without making any demands. 8-5-2004

Banned in Beijing: Diary of a bored and spoiled brat
More than 100,000 copies of Beijing Doll were sold in China within the first few weeks of its publication in May 2002. The book gave birth to a cult following among disaffected Chinese youth who identified with the sentiments of author Chun Sue, then 17. 8-5-2004

Conman lays sex trap on Net
It is a weird invitation into a lurid world. Enter at your peril. “Welcome to the sophisticated world of pretty babes,” the hidden host says. “This is the world where everybody needs to have sex with a pretty babe…" 8-5-2004

Indian government asked to regulate porn
The Delhi High Court Wednesday directed the government to treat a public suit as a representation to it to regulate pornographic material on TV through direct-to-home (DTH) service. 8-5-2004

Kyrgyzstan: New passport to help combat human trafficking
A new national passport has been introduced in Kyrgyzstan in a move to fight human trafficking and organised crime. The new travel document offers greater protection against forgery and is compatible with international standards. 8-5-2004

Crack down on widespread child porn, Manila told
Child pornography has become widespread in the Philippines and the government should take measures to curb its growth, the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) said yesterday. 8-5-2004

Sexual satisfaction important condition for remarriage in Korea
Eight people out of 10 who are considering remarriage think that their partners' abilities to sexually satisfy them is an important condition and 3 people out of 10 have experiences of hurrying to remarry in order to satisfy their sexual needs. 8-4-2004

Alleged porn merchant nabbed
The Jakarta Police cyber crime division has arrested Johny Indrawan Yusuf for distributing pornographic materials after they browsed the Internet and their suspicions were raised by the website vcdporno.com. 8-4-2004

Adult Profile: Kaila Yu
She is definitely one of the most friendly models I've met in the past few years. Although I was somewhat confused when she had a new name almost every month, I appreciated her perseverance to become a model. And here she is, the Taiwanese beauty Kaila Yu. 8-4-2004

On the road in china: Prostitution, religion resurface
Heading further west across China, the prevalence of prostitution is inescapable. For many young women, it's the only way to make a living in the impoverished center of the country. 8-4-2004

Bangladesh and human trafficking
Trafficking is a global problem and no country is free from its claws. According to a recent US officials' estimate, about 600,000 to 800,000 people are being trafficked throughout the world every year. 8-4-2004

Cambodian PM backs sex workers refusing HIV vaccine trial
Cambodia's Prime Minister, Hun Sen, has urged the country to opt out of an HIV vaccine trial, claiming the nation is not a test bed for out-of-date technologies. 8-4-2004

Unicef expresses alarm over child porn in Philippines
The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) Tuesday expressed alarm over the growing incidence of child pornography in the Philippines and appealed to the mass media to stop the "sexualization" of children. 8-4-2004

Debate heats up in Maharashtra over legislation of prostitution
A suggestion that world's oldest profession be legalised has sparked off a debate in Maharashtra. Mooted by none other than the state Governor Mohammed Fazal, the suggestion has found both supporters and opponents. 8-4-2004

End to use of euphemisms
I have lived in Korea for over a year now and am aware of the existence of red light districts, the sex industry and the prostitution (in various forms) that maintains it. 8-4-2004

Russian pimp pleads guilty in sex slave case
A Russian pimp admitted yesterday to conning women from Estonia into working as indentured sex slaves in Brighton, giving massages with "a special ending'' to pay for their flights home. 8-4-2004

Korean woman indicted in alleged sex slave ring
A Korean woman who allegedly managed a Lisbon Falls massage parlor has been indicted on federal prostitution charges in connection with an apparent East Coast sexual slave ring. 8-4-2004

Production company president fined for nude video of entertainer
Seoul prosecutors summarily indicted Mr. Yu, the head of a certain video production company, for W10 million in fines on charges of making nude videos of entertainer Sagang (real name: Hong Yu-jin) and distributing them without her permission. 8-3-2004

Change slow to come for Pakistani women
At the Hot Spot café, a renovated railcar with retro movie posters and New York-style cheesecake, Sana Qudsia is taking the first tentative steps toward women's liberation, Pakistani-style. 8-3-2004

Saudis urged to act over sex attack claims
Labour former Home Office Minister Barbara Roche today urged the Saudi government to waive a man’s right to diplomatic immunity after he was released amid claims of a sex attack on an 11-year-old girl. 8-3-2004

Life given to first defendant in lesbian nurse killings
The first of four women tried for murder prompted by a lust for money and each other was Monday sentenced by the Fukuoka District Court to life imprisonment for killing the husbands of two of them. 8-3-2004

Probe into sex abuse of mental patients
Police are investigating reports that patients of a private mental rehabilitation centre here were sexually abused by the staff and forced to provide sex service to outsiders. 8-3-2004

Singaporean murder suspect charged with child porn possession
A Singaporean student accused of bludgeoning to death his two flat mates in Sydney is now facing 11 new charges including possession of child pornography, according to police charges presented to a court Tuesday. 8-3-2004

Thai actress faces summons over porn film
An actress accused of performing in a hard-core pornographic film revealed yesterday that modelling and advertising companies, magazines and television programmes had been offering her six-digit sums for modelling work since the accusation made media headlines. 8-2-2004

A red-light kind of night
Whether it’s 30 degrees or 90 degrees outside, the Philippine bar girls at the Bunny Club appear comfortable in their skimpy G-string bikinis, prancing around the bar, interacting with soldiers from nearby Camp Casey. 8-2-2004

China steps up war on porn, closes 700 porn sites
China plans a multi-pronged approach to its fight against internet porn, employing both high technology and sex education to stop young people from visiting lewd websites, state media said. 8-2-2004

As repression lifts, more Iranians change their sex
Everything about Amir appears masculine: his broad chest, muscled arms, the dark full beard and deep voice. But, in fact, Amir was a woman until four years ago, when, at the age of 25, he underwent the first of a series of operations that would change his life. 8-2-2004

At least it wasn't an alter boy: Priest and nun caught having sex
A Catholic priest and nun have been caught having sex in a car at an airport car park in Malawi, Pakistan. The pair was immediately arrested as such acts in any type of public domain are forbidden in Islamic majority Pakistan. 8-2-2004

Japanese porn star Chocoball evades jail despite indecency conviction for public sex
Porn star and professional wrestler Chocoball Mukai has been found guilty of indecency after having sex with an adult video actress while a bar crowd stood by and watched. 8-2-2004

China's migrant makeover
Migrating from rural China to the big city and working at a salon has become a popular route out of poverty and stifling tradition. Such service workers are fueling China’s growing capitalist-style economy. But disappointing and sobering revelations await those with high hopes. 8-2-2004

Asia must target AIDS
The Communist propaganda billboards that used to loom over the streets of this Southeast Asian capital are largely gone. In their place, posters proclaim a new message: a warning about becoming infected with HIV/AIDS. 8-2-2004

Woman forced into prostitution: Five year ordeal ends
The man swept waitress K.C. Law off her feet, and less than a year after their first meeting at the place where she worked, the 17-year-old decided to tie the knot with her Mister Right. That was in 1999. 8-2-2004

Saudi sex attack suspect claims diplomatic immunity
A Saudi man who allegedly carried out a sex attack on an 11-year-old girl has been freed by police after claiming diplomatic immunity. The 41-year-old allegedly carried out an indecent assault on the youngster last week in west London. 8-2-2004

Woman held as sex slave, court told
A 21-year-old Thai woman was held as a sex slave in the basement of a western Sydney brothel, a court heard yesterday. Australian Federal Police officers have arrested a 41-year-old woman from Granville in Sydney's west. 8-2-2004

Mindanao girls sent to 3 Asian countries as sex slaves?
Government authorities are investigating reports that young girls are being recruited in this city and other parts of the Western Mindanao region and then sent to Southeast Asian countries, including Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand. 8-2-2004

Two bar owners may face human trafficking charges
South Korean police plan to charge two Toka-ri nightclub owners — who allegedly forced Philippine employees to prostitute themselves to U.S. soldiers — with human trafficking offenses. 8-1-2004

Gender crisis not an accurate prediction
In their controversial new MIT Press book "Bare Branches: The Security Implications of Asia's Surplus Male Population," Valerie Hudson and Andrea den Boer assert that historically high male-to-female ratios can trigger violence. 8-1-2004

Sex education offered online
About 100 young people sent questions and concerns about puberty to medical experts during China's first online consultation on reproductive health in Shanghai yesterday afternoon. 8-1-2004

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