Warning for tourist & Foreigners
Just to remind everyone the new law will punish foreigner & police will inform their respective embassy for release- Guys beware.
In a truly heart-wrenching story, the Dong-A Ilbo reports that a Japanese tourist — a 24-year-old university student known only as Mr. M — was busted on Saturday night for attempting to solicit sex from a prostitute in Cheongnyangni’s infamous “588″ red light district. The unfortunate tourist had just forked over W60,000 to a 23-year-old Ms. Kim and was about to complete the business transaction, so to speak, when the blue boys swooped in for the arrest. To add to the embarrassment, the Japanese embassy was informed of his transgression. Mr. M told police that “588″ was quite famous on the Internet (perhaps he saw this film), so he paid the naughty neighborhood a visit out of curiosity. He also said that in Japan, men are not usually punished for purchasing the services of a young lady. Police stressed, however, that Korea is NOT Japan, and foreigners will be punished according to the nation’s tough new anti-prostitution laws as well.