Contents State and local governments shall develop systems and conditions necessary to help multicultural family members enjoy stable family life and shall establish and implement policies therefor.” - The Act on the Regulation of Marriage Brokerage Agency (partially amended on 5/17/2010 (Act No. 10301 implemented on 11/18/2010) provides details designed to improve problems associated with the management of international marriage brokerage agencies by adopting clauses on the following: making it mandatory for international marriage brokerage agencies to arrange to have parties to the marriage exchange personal information with each other; making it mandatory to provide translation/interpretation services; making it mandatory to provide the business report/registration numbers in all advertisements concerning marriage brokerage agencies, and; making it mandatory to report/register a marriage brokerage agency with the head of the relevant local administration. Clauses of the Act on the Regulation of Marriage Brokerage associated with marriage partner-related information include Article 12 (2) (“No marriage broker shall provide false information to clients when arranging marriages”), Article 26 (2) 5 (“Any person engaging in the international marriage brokerage business in violation of prohibited acts is punishable by imprisonment for not more than 2 years or fine not exceeding 10 million won”), and Article 18 (1) 9 (“A marriage broker failing to provide personal information to a client and the other party shall have his/her registration revoked.”) - The concluding observations (8/17/2007) made by the UN Committee th th on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on the 13 and 14 periodic reports of the Republic of Korea expressed concern regarding the problems about international marriage brokerage agencies and recommended regulation on them. International - Article 6 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of norms Discrimination Against Women stipulates that “The State’s Parties shall take all appropriate measures, including legislation, to suppress all forms of trafficking and prostitution of women. - The concluding observations (7/29/2011) made by UN Committee on the th Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women on the 7 34 Human Rights Guidelines on Migration