Prostitution in North Korea is illegal and is not visible to visitors. Allegedly, a collection of women called the kippumjo provided sexual entertainment to high-ranking officials until Meanwhile, some North Korean women who migrate to China become involved in prostitution. Under Article of the Criminal law, prostitution is punishable by up to two years labour if engaged in "multiple times".
Their services were not available to most North Korean men. North Korea is a source country for women and children who are subjected to sex trafficking. Some North Korean women who migrate to China become prostitutes, either voluntarily or forcibly. According to the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights, when the women are repatriated to North Korea, they are subjected to forced abortion and their mixed race children are subject to infanticide.
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