'Legal loophole behind rise in underage prostitution’
Social affairsJun 29, 2016
The number of prostitution involving minors abruptly rose in the recent five years, according to the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family data, with a lawmaker pointing to apparent loopholes in the criminal law as an indirect cause, Wednesday.The ministry’s data on sexual misdemeanors targeting underage children showed an increase in the number of court cases from 14 in 2011 to 258 in 2014. (Yonhap)The total number of reported victims came to 566 over the cited period, among which 48 percent