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North Korean Women and Girls Trafficked into China's Sex Trade

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Author: Hee-Soon, Yoon

Source: Journal of Trafficking and Human Exploitation, Volume 3, Number 1, February 2019, pp. 159-178(20)

Publisher: Paris Legal Publishers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7590/245227719X15476235096599

Up to 200,000 North Koreans have fled their country to live in hiding across mainland China. The vast majority are female and have a precarious life as undocumented refugees without basic legal protection or means to travel to third-countries. The Government of China seeks to arrest and deport them. The Government of North Korea incarcerates, tortures, interrogates, and even executes repatriated citizens. Forced into the shadows of Chinese society, female North Korean refugees become exposed to human trafficking and a sex trade is built upon their exploitation. This article is based on long-term engagement with North Korean women and girls in China and survivors living in exile and documents just some the pathways of North Korean women and girls into prostitution and forced marriage in China.

Document Type: Research Article

Publication date: February 1, 2019

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  • The Journal of Trafficking and Human Exploitation (JHTE) serves as a forum to discuss and debate the legal and policy issues involving prevention, intervention, investigations, prosecution, individual, state and corporate responsibility, and the actual codified offenses, their application in practice, subsequent judicial interpretation and any ramifications emanating therefrom. As the mass perpetration of trafficking and human exploitation only appears to continue, the need to research, understand and clarify these laws and their use in practice is paramount.

    The JTHE is primarily concerned with publishing high quality legal articles and significant case notes from domestic, regional and international jurisdictions. However, this journal will also consider interdisciplinary submissions and book reviews.

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