SOUTH KOREA: CAMPAIGN AGAINST UNDER AGE PROSTITUTION
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IN_TIME: 07:24:04 - 10:30:27
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SOURCES: APTN
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SCRIPT: Korean/Nat
A South Korean female police chief has begun a successful campaign to wipe out underage prostitution in one of the capital's notorious red light districts.
Kim, Kang-Ja began daily patrols of the Miari Texas district of Seoul in January.
Since her appointment to the post she has cracked down on around 100 brothels in the area and her campaign has enjoyed much public support.
One of Seoul's newest Police chiefs Kim Kang-Ja is determined to wipe-out underage prostitution on her patch.
She patrols the streets of the notorious Miari Texas red light district alongside her officers, every night.
Since she began her campaign last month, Kim says more than 1500 women aged 18 or younger, have left the brothels where they worked.
And she says about 100 brothels have either closed voluntarily or been forcibly shut down with about a dozen owners facing prosecution for employing underage sex.
The Jong-am Police now hold records of some 750 adult prostitutes still working in the area
And Kim says confidently that under age prostitution is no longer available in her district.
She's got the support of the public, with local media reporting her achievements.
Following her example, South Korea's National Police Agency have now decided to crackdown on underage prostitution in the country's other red-light zones.
But Kim's job will not end with the crackdown on underage prostitution, she plans to extend her campaign to the full letter of the law.
And with the government planning to build a facility to rehabilitate former prostitutes, Kim says her job has been made easier.
SOUNDBITE: (Korean)
"Other than these brothels, we will crackdown on all the underage prostitution at bars, cafes and other places. At the same time, we will be deeply involved in a government effort to set up a facility to accommodate those girls."
SUPER CAPTION: Kim, Kang-Ja, Chief, Jong-Am Police Station, Seoul
Kim says her success is down to a new government policy on prostitution, which lays downs penalties for all involved in the industry, including -owners, security guards, pimps, customers and landlords.
Prostitution is illegal in South Korea, but still the sex industry prospers.
As many as 1-(m)million women are estimated to be working either on a part-time or full-time basis in the industry.
SHOTLIST: Seoul, South Korea - February , 2000
1. Police chief leaving car
2. Police chief and her officers patrolling Red light district
3. Mid shot of prostitutes in brothel
4. Various cutaways of prostitutes
5. Police chief viewing brothels through glass window
6. Various of prostitutes in brothel
7. Cutaway of street scene
8. Cutaway of police chief
9. Police chief and officers patrolling streets
10. Police chief goes into brothel
11. Cutaways
12. Window shot of men in brothel
13. Cutaway of prostitute
14. Cutaway of Police
15. Police chief inspecting officers
16. SOUNDBITE: (Korean) Kim, Kang-Ja, Chief, Jong-Am Police Station, Seoul
17. Cutaway
18. Various shots of prostitutes in brothel
19. Cutaways
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