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North Korea: Women Forced into Prostitution

Written byLee Yoo Eun
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Posted 20 June 2011 16:22 GMT

A Seoul-based aid organization, Good Friends, released an English version of its weekly report. According to North Korean defectors’ testimonies, not a few North Korean women are forced into prostitution in order to make ends meet.

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