South Korean Prostitutes Demand Abolition of 2004 Anti-Prostitution Law

A group of South Korean prostitutes submitted to the  South Korean Constitutional Court a petition to abolish controversial anti-prostitution law enacted in 2004, whose aim is to protect human rights of Korean women said to  have been much abused in the country. 

They argue that prohibition of prostitution violates their fundamental human rights since their sex work is extremely vital to them as a means of income, a way of generating income considered to be better than stealing.

Mr. Nishimura Kohyu, a Japanese journalist comments on their move as follows;

Their claim contains an impending impact on “Comfort Women” dispute widely reported by South Korean government much biased against Japan. Submission of the petition somehow denies that prostitution they refer to is “human trafficking”, of which South Korean government has recently accused Japan after The Asahi Shimbun retracted its stories related to “Korean women coerced into prostitution”. The other day, U.S. government, namely Mr. Daniel R. Russel, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, welcome with open arms Prime Minister Abe’s confirmation that comfort women were victims of “human trafficking” in an interview with The Washington Post. And, although U.S. House Minority Leader Ms. Nancy Pelosi, one of those who strongly pushed forward U.S. House Resolution 121 along with Mr. Mike Honda 8 years ago, she didn't even say a word about “Comfort women” when she met Prime Minister Abe in Japan on April 3.

Kohyu Nishimura

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慰安婦問題に重大な意味を孕む、韓国恒例の売春婦による「売春させろ運動」

これは笑っている場合ではありません。特に韓国人とって・・・
売春は人身売買でないと韓国人娼婦が主張していることと同じです。つまり、この行動は慰安婦が人身売買でなかったと主張することと殆ど同義であり、韓国人の日本軍慰安婦への残された最後の言い掛かりの根拠を、韓国人自らが否定している事になる。
先日、安倍首相はWP紙のインタビューに、「慰安婦は人身売買だった」と賢くも主語を省いて答えたが、米国政府サイドは諸手を挙げて歓迎した。特にラッセル国務次官補はそうだった。先日、韓国では韓国寄りの発言をしたペロシ議員は８年前の慰安婦決議を推進した側の女性議員だが、先日の訪日で安倍首相と会談した際に、慰安婦の「慰の字」も言わなかったのです。
この韓国人娼婦の言動を見て、さあ、ラッセル国務次官補どうする？

We wonder what Mr. Russel is going to say about the Korean prostitutes’ claim.