One in every three female secondary school students in Busan were found to have received sex trade proposals while chatting online, according to a survey by the Ministry of Gender Equality Monday.
The ministry questioned 2,012 female students in the southeastern port city and found 33.4 percent, or 672, answered they received prostitution offers.
Among the female students who received the offers, only 35 percent said they ignored them. Nearly 20 percent said they were actually engaged in the sex trade, while the rest said they were ``intrigued'' by the offers.
``It's a survey of students in Busan and it could be difficult to generalize. But it's obviously a case in point showing how serious online sex trading is,'' a ministry official said.
For much more on teenage prostitution in South Korea, including the online trade, see this post by Gusts of Popular Feeling. Speaking of Busan, according to one article he cites, 20% of prostitutes there began at or before the age of 14. A Korea Herald article from 2003 talked to some 400 teenagers in the business and found that 58.7% were attracted to it through the internet. Though walk around any neighborhood and you'll see there are many "opportunities" for girls offline as well.
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