the government to take responsibility and develop and implement relevant policy. Civil and private efforts are imperative in identification of the human trafficking victims and their protection. Civil organizations of the same purpose, of the countries of origin and of destination should create a joint network. Capabilities of the activists should be strengthened. - The Asia Foundation or Bom-Bit Women’s Foundation are the most active in creating consensus, monitoring and policy recommendation through international conferences and reports 5. Cooperation with Asian countries: joint network among civil organizations The practice of many Southeast Asian countries sending their nationals overseas as migrant workers has a long history. Also, it has been a widespread situation where women from East Asian countries are the providers of prostitution. Some countries promote migrant labor as a national development strategy, and feminization of migrant labor stands out especially in the areas of entertainment industry and household labor. Under such structural limitations, it is only natural that majority of the victims of human trafficking are women. Therefore the question of whether the victim participated in human trafficking voluntarily, which has been asked for a long time as if it is a general practice is irrelevant. When the national policy legalize prostitution, implement national policy for labor migration and promote sex tourism as a party of its national tourism industry, the choices for women living in impoverished regions get even more limited. I have witnessed such uncomfortable truth in many countries and realized how heavy the burden of life is on the women and children of poor family in impoverished country. To improve the situation, there should be an active cooperation between civil activists, assistance to the victims, awareness improvement for politicians, support for the nationals by promoting productive industry, pressure from international organization such as the UN and change in the recognition on women and social norm. Many countries in Asia have established laws against human trafficking over the past several years (Malaysia in July 2007, Thailand in January 2008, Cambodia in February 2008). This is highly motivating as the legal foundation has started to be established. The most important and urgent, however, is punishment and prevention of human International Standards on Human Trafficking: Implementation Strategy of Korea ❙ 43