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South Korea Black Markets

havocscope — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:25:18 +0000

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North Korean women bribe guards to escape country with sex and money

havocscope — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:56:39 +0000

South Korea’s National Human Rights Commission found that 20 percent of women in refugee camps bribes North Korean guards with either sex or money in order to defect from the country.

Source: AFP, “N.Korea women refugees suffer abuse: watchdog,” Google News, February 22, 2010.

China and South Korea are the largest illegal downloaders of music

havocscope — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:03:09 +0000

According to a survey of 8,500 people in 13 countries, people in China illegally downloaded the most music in 2009, followed by South Korea.

Source: “Korea World’s No.2 in Online Music Piracy,” Chosun Ilbo, January 26, 2010.

Chinese boats seized for illegal fishing in South Korea

havocscope — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 05:48:54 +0000

307 Chinese boats were seized by South Korean officials in 2009 for illegal fishing activities, down 15 percent from the 353 boats seized in 2008.

Source: “Fewer Chinese boats seized for illegal fishing last year,” Yonhap News, January 2, 2010.

Sex Trade in South Korea

havocscope — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 21:55:20 +0000

In 2007, the sex trade in South Korea is estimated to be worth 14 Trillion South Korean Won, or $12 Billion. This is equal to 1.6 percent of South Korea’s GDP.

The Korean Women’s Development Institute reported that there were 46,000 brothels in the country in 2007.

Source: Kim So-hyun, “Sex trade accounts for 1.6% of GDP,” The Korea Herald,September 20, 2008.

Up to 400 whales killed in South Korea each year

havocscope — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:47:29 +0000

An estimated 400 whales are illegally killed or poached in the water surrounding South Korea.

Source: “Black Market Whale Meat Seized in South Korea,” Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, January 14, 2008.

Price of Marijuana in Asia

havocscope — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:37:20 +0000

Price is in US Dollars and represents the typical price of Marijuana in Asia.

Country	Wholesale Price (per kilogram	Retail Price (per gram)
Afghanistan	56	NA
Australia	6,112.8	20.9
Bangladesh	29.3	0.2
China	NA	0.8
Hong Kong	1,833.5	8.3
India	85	NA
Indonesia	244.9	0.2
Japan	16,997.2	51
Laos	14	NA
Malaysia	423	NA
Myanmar	130	0.2
New Zealand	6,071.4	16.5
Philippines	475	0.5
Singapore	2,527.7	22.2
South Korea	1,040	6.5
Thailand	217.2	1.4

Source: UNODC, “World Drug Report 2009: Section 3.4 Prices, pages 215 to 234,” June 2009.

South Korea Counterfeit Seizures

havocscope — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:55:29 +0000

In 2008, 746 cases of counterfeit goods imports and exports were reported by the Korea Customs Service. In 2001, the Service reported 323 cases.

Source: Jane Han, “Fake vs. Real: Lowdown on Counterfeit Fashion,” Korea Times, June 24, 2009.

Software Piracy rate in South Korea

havocscope — Tue, 12 May 2009 06:15:30 +0000

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism of South Korea has stated that the software piracy rate in the country stands at 23.4 percent.

Source: “Wii System Sales Reach 500,000 in Korea,” Nintendo World Report, May 9, 2009.

2008 Counterfeit Goods seizures from Japan

havocscope — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 07:27:48 +0000

in 2008, Japanese Customs handled 26,415 cases of counterfeit goods, an increase of 16.6 percent from the year before. It also marked the seventh straight increase in the amount of counterfeit goods seized during the year.

81.5 percent of the counterfeit goods originated from China, followed by 12.4 percent of goods from South Korea.

Source: Kyodo, “Most pirated imports tied to China,” Japan Times, March 7, 2009.