take to prevent any adverse effect on the physical, psychological and emotional development of
immigrant children, in the course of regulating illegal migrant workers and protecting the children?
4. Children in the entertainment or recreational business
1) Current situation
107. With the rapid growth of the entertainment or recreational business, children are taking part in
all of the media areas and cultural sectors, including TV, radio, musicals, films and advertisements.
Recently, a growing number of non-entertainer children make their appearance in this business.
108. As mentioned before, the right to education of child entertainers is not fully protected.
Moreover, according to the interview-based survey of 103 child entertainers conducted by the Youth
Policy Analysis & Evaluation Center in 2010, 35.9% of the respondents worked 8 hours or longer a
day; 10.3% worked 40 hours or longer a week; and 41.0% worked nighttime or holiday hours.
Another concern is that they are increasingly regarded as sexual objects. The survey found that
10.2% had ever 'overexposed' their body parts, 60% of whom were forced to do so. It was also
revealed that they suffered insomnia (64.3%) and took medication for depression (14.3%).
2) Questions
109. What measures does the Government undertake to protect the human rights of child entertainers
and other children in the entertainment or recreational business?
Ⅸ. Optional Protocols
1. Campaign and training on Optional Protocols
1) Current situation
110. As regards the campaign and training of the Optional Protocol on Sale of Children, Child
Prostitution and Child Pornography, the Periodic Report states that the Government has developed
training materials, enhanced sex education at school and distributed sex education textbooks to
schools, conducted campaign programs to prevent sexual abuse and trained sex education teachers
(paras. 536~539). However, in the process of formulation and implementation of these policy
measures, the contents of the Optional Protocol are not fully taken into consideration.
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