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Korekorea - Korean fishermen's buying sex from teenagers in Kiribati

Prostitution and Pacific fishing

October 13, 2006 Greenpeace International

"Asin most places, prostitution is hardly a modern phenomenon. InKiribati, the term "korakorea" was first coined to describe local girlswho went aboard Korean fishing vessels, but is now more generally usedfor girls going onboard fishing boats from any country as well as beingslang for "cheap fish".
 

On South Pacific island, Korean fishermen again looking to buy sex

Feb.24,2007 hankyoreh

 

‘Ugly Koreans’ Continue Sordid Antics in South Sea

Feb 26, 2007 THE CHOSUNILBO

 

Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC) and Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) in the Pacific: A Regional Report [PDF]

UNICEF, UNESCAP and ECPAT, 2006

 

Koreans held responsible for islands’ sex industry

July 06,2005 KOREA JOONGANG DAILY

 

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