Child Prostitution (CRC/C/KOR/3-4, para. 545~563, 569~571 and 567~577; CRC/C/KOR/Q/3-4, para. 75) 107. According to the data released by the National Police Agency, as of 2007, 93.6% (701 out of the total 839 cases) of the child prostitution incidents were Internetbased, and the age of child victims is getting younger. The Analysis on the Tendencies and Trends of Sexual Crimes against Youth, released by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family in 2010, shows that the share of child prostitution crimes against children aged 7~13 was 6.6% in 2004 and grew to 8.2% in 2007 and further to 12.9% in 2008. 108. In accordance with Article 9, paragraph 2 of the Act on the Protection of Juveniles from Sexual Exploitation, the acts of attempted child prostitution is also subject to punishment, starting from January 2010. In an effort to implement this provision, the Government has operated the Youth Keeper program: any act of soliciting or alluring a child for prostitution on Internet, by mobile phone or in another way shall be punished when it is reported to the Cyber Police Agency. In reality, however, the reported cases are not processed immediately in the Agency but are sent to the competent police station for actual handling. This dual structure of case reporting and processing makes Youth Keeper less effective. A lack of public relations efforts is another reason of its low effectiveness. 109. The Government needs to take more responsive measures to prevent and combat Internet-based child prostitution, and increase supports to the shelters and group homes for the victims of child prostitution. In addition, the Government needs to make public relations efforts to promote public awareness about Youth Keeper and increase effectiveness of the program. 2. Optional Protocol on Children in Armed Conflict Data Collection and Disclosure of Information (CRC/C/KOR/3-4, para. 597) 110. The Government has not collected the data and information, in a systematic way, with regard to the Optional Protocol on Children in Armed Conflict. Even the national agencies that release child-related data also find it hard to get information concerning implementation of the Optional Protocol. The access to the information on sale of arms and weapons to the countries where children are participants in armed conflicts is very limited, for a reason of national security, national defense or diplomatic relations. 111. The Government should establish a system of collecting and compiling relevant data and information to help identify the implementation of the Optional Protocol on Children in Armed Conflict, and improve the practice of not publishing even the information that has no justifiable reason (e.g. for national security) to be classified. 30