Yongjugol

Yong Ju Gol
용주골
Red-light district
Coordinates: KR 37°49′45″N 126°50′24″E / 37.82917°N 126.84000°E / 37.82917; 126.84000Coordinates: KR 37°49′45″N 126°50′24″E / 37.82917°N 126.84000°E / 37.82917; 126.84000
Country South Korea
Province Gyeonggi Province
City Paju
Time zone Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

Yong Ju Gol (also spelled Yongjugol, Yongju-gol, and Yongju-Gol) is a red-light district in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.[1] Yong Ju Gol began as a village that came into being during the Korean War to service members of the United States Army stationed at a nearby military camp whose spending was the sole source of revenue for the village.[2] The military camp, Camp Ross, was just south of Yong Ju Gol and separated the village from Seoul.[3] Once the post-war repatriation of prisoners concluded and until 1955, the 24th Military Police Company[4] (seemingly the divisional MP company of the 24th Infantry Division) worked with other United Nations Command military police in Yong Ju Gol to keep law and order in the area. In 1966, a museum dedicated to the 2nd Infantry Division was opened near Yong Ju Gol, having been relocated there from Fort Benning, Georgia, but the museum was moved to Camp Casey five years later.[5] In 1980, American soldier Freddie Grant attacked another American soldier with a straight razor outside a Yong Ju Gol nightclub and was subsequently imprisoned in the United States Disciplinary Barracks.[6] Although it is illegal to engage in prostitution in South Korea, women continue to engage in sex work in Yong Ju Gol through massage parlors, karaoke bars, and kissing rooms.[7] In 2006, South Korea's Minister of Gender Equality and Family, Jang Ha-jin, called Yong Ju Gol "the heart of prostitution" in Korea.[8] A popular manhwa called Yongjugol Blues glamorizes the prostitution in the area.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Lee Tae-hoon (February 20, 2012). "Business booms for illegal brothels on South Korea border". The Korea Times. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  2. ↑ Margaret E. Scraonton (2000). Orlando J. Pérez, ed. "Electoral Reform and the Institutionalization of the Electoral Tribunal in Post-Invasion Panama". Post-Invasion Panama: The Challenges of Democratization in the New World Order (Rowman & Littlefield): 103. ISBN 073910120X.
  3. ↑ Julio A. Martinez (2011). A Young Soldier's Memoirs: My One Year Growing Up in 1965 Korea. Xlibris. p. 239. ISBN 1453523871.
  4. ↑ Robert L. Gunnarsson (2011). American Military Police in Europe, 1945-1991: Unit Histories. McFarland & Company. p. 35. ISBN 0786439750.
  5. ↑ R. Cody Phillips (1992). Guide to U.S. Army Museums. Diane Publishing. pp. 95–96. ISBN 0788146718.
  6. ↑ Noelle Phillips (November 9, 2012). "Richland County kidnapping suspect booted from military after cutting, kidnapping fellow soldiers". The State. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  7. ↑ Dylan Goldby; Daniel Sanchez; Matthew Lamers (March 20, 2012). "'Girls Are Not For Sale'". Groove Korea. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  8. ↑ Moon Kyung-ran (December 27, 2006). "Aide runs up white flag in red-light controversy". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  9. ↑ Mike Long (February 24, 2012). "Korea's dirty secret". The Korea Times. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
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