Commission, in reality, it takes a long time to be finished. As such, most victims personally resort to
the private service by “digital undertakers” to destroy the videos online. It costs from 500,000 won to
3,000,000 won causing economic damage to the victims with no end in sight. The official statistical
information on these services is not available while the number of the private business is increasing
with a huge demand of requests by the victims.
Questions
50.
The recent statistics revealed that the number of crimes taking photos using cameras is not
decreasing and women victims are severely damaged from the dissemination of videos. Preventive
measures are especially crucial in the cases of sexual violence considering the nature of online sphere
that transcends space and time which enables rapid spread of those videos. Please provide measures to
prevent online sexual violence including public awareness campaign and education for ordinary
citizens.
51.
The “hidden camera crime” victims fear that their videos are easily available on the Internet
and request the Korea Communication Standards Commission to delete the videos including revenge
pornography. However, the long process makes the victims to rely on private services. Please provide
details on measures by the Government to assist the victims.
Issue 10: Decriminalization of women in the prostitution industry
Current situation
52.
The fact-finding results of youth prostitution in the ｢2016 Fact-finding Survey on
Prostitution｣ published by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family in May 2017 revealed that the
seven out of ten teenagers (74.8 per cent) who experienced the so-called “conditional dating” met the
potential sex buyers through ‘chatting applications’ (37.4 per cent), ‘random chatting applications’
(23.4 per cent), or online chatting sites (14 per cent). Only 15.7 per cent of the total 108 websites that
promote prostitution requested for the age authentication to prove that the users were not minors. As
for the mobile applications, 278 applications that facilitate prostitution out of total 317 (87.7 per cent)
were accessible without identity or device authentication, and the highest number of applications (210
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