Miari Texas — Seoul’s last red-light district — faces forced demolition.
Sex workers resisting eviction say state aid requires them to register as trafficking victims.
Ifang Bremer examines the policy gap behind the standoff: cstu.io/b1593e
But the local government wants them out. Quick. However, it hasn't offered the workers relocation options. Just vocational training, and for that, the workers have to declare themselves “victims of trafficking.” Many reject this condition as stigmatizing or untrue.
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I spent time in Miari Texas, Seoul’s last red-light district, where sex workers have welded steel over their doors to resist eviction. Their fight isn’t only about survival, but about dignity and the right to a home.
Behind the barricades I met women cooking and living together. Their workplace has become both shelter and trap—offering warmth and companionship, but also confining them to a place with no future.
In the face of forced evictions to make space for new apartment blocks, they’re not asking for much: just a room of their own, and the chance to live safely with their families and pets.
I spent weeks piecing together the story of the man South Korean police recently arrested for flying drones into North Korea — and what may have driven him to do it.
You can read the story here at @nknewsorg.bsky.social 👇
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