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Posted : The country's ban on the sex trade was introduced in March and went into effect later that year. Despite nearly two decades of law enforcement, the nation still has brothels and red-light districts operating at night in almost all big cities and provinces, albeit at a somewhat diminished scale.
Before the introduction of the Special Law on Sex Trade in , there were 35 red-light districts nationwide, according to figures compiled by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family. The number declined to 15 in Gyeonggi Province has four, Seoul, Busan and other provincial cities have at least one or two each. About women are involved in prostitution for a living in those areas, according to ministry data, although a far larger number of people are believed to be part of that profession in other parts of the country that operate under the radar of law enforcement.
