GAYS in Korea?

            All of my students are absent, so i just busied myself reading some news from the Philippines to South Korea which i find sometimes boring. News are always the same esp. in the Philippines. They would always talk about POVERTY and corruption of government leaders (call them leaders for CRYING OUT LOUD!) and South Korea’s news focus more with their President and MAD COW DISEASE. But these news that i’m going to post are a little different esp. in South Korea’s part. HOMOSEXUALITY!

            F.Y.I (for those people who don’t know) being  gay and lesbian in Korea is really a big taboo. Decades ago when you ask Koreans how they feel about gays you’ll get one answer “they’re disgusting”; “if i knew one i would HIT him to death.” That’s why those gay Koreans would just stay discreet or pretend they are not because of fear, “closet queens” as we call them.
But now it seems that gays are not afraid anymore.

 An increasing number of teens are entering prostitution after becoming interested in homosexuality.

 

 

 

 

A study has found a poisonous inclination towards prostitution due to interest in sex rather than for simply raising money for living or entertainment.

The 청소년보호중앙점검단, a part of the Ministry of Health, Welfare, and Family Affairs, reported on the 10th the results of its three-month (April to June) investigation of teen prostitution and also that 36 teens and 17 sexual minorities had been arrested.

There is shock over this investigation being the first to uncover cases of teen boys engaging in prostitution with grown men. Of the 36 teens arrested for prostitution 12, or 33.3%, of them were male students. A representative from the police said, “this investigation is the first to find many such clear cases.”

16-year old Oh, a second-year high school student living in Cheolsan-dong in the city of Gwanmyeong, engaged in 30 acts of prostitution in his home with men he met through internet chatting. 17-year old Song, a third-year high school student from Yeonsu-dong in Incheon, engaged in over 10 acts with men in motels. Another 16-year old named Seong performed three similar acts with a man in his 40s met through internet chatting in exchange for a pack of cigarettes each time. Most of them, investigators found, had not had any particular difficulty in their school lives.

The Central Inspection Bureau announced, “these boys who engaged in prostitution experienced several cases of poisoning and sought treatment.”

When female students enter prostitution it tends to be for earning money for living or entertainment. And finding them in the 14 to 16 age group is uncommon. 16-year old female student Choi of Namdong-gu, Incheon, engaged in no fewer than 70 acts of prostitution. 14-year old Lee, a third-degree mentally disabled female student who had disappeared, engaged in many acts of prostitution with a man met through internet chatting who lured her into living with him.

Police have arrested 17 men including 32-year old musical actor Mr. Yeo, 38-year old golf instructor Mr. Lee,  22-year old soldier Mr. Mun.

credits to: Korea Beat