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.
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.
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.
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.
The women working in Miari have few options. Meanwhile, the landlords and brothel owners have received cash payouts.
Read my full story at @koreapro.bsky.social
koreapro.org/2025/10/sex-...
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 👇
www.nknews.org/2026/03/cros...
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Late at night in South Korea and Japan, millions of young people are talking to AI characters.
For @theobserveruk.bsky.social I reported on Zeta, a role-play chatbot that’s blurring the line between fiction and reality, and why experts are worried about it.
observer.co.uk/news/interna...
🇰🇷🇺🇸 U.S. lawmakers take luxury trips to Seoul. On paper, it’s all funded by a U.S. nonprofit.
But I found that a South Korean gov’t-related foundation appears to be funding these trips, acting on orders from parliament.
My latest for @koreapro.bsky.social:
koreapro.org/2025/07/how-...
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