Reminder that sex with 13 year olds is legal in Korea, and child prostitution is skyrocketing
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20160629000906>The total number of reported victims came to 566 over the cited period, among which 48 percent were between 13 and 15 years of age.>The average age of the victims was 14.8 years old, meaning the majority of them were middle school students. >Lawmaker Kim Seung-hee of the ruling Saenuri Party pointed out Wednesday that the legal working age in Korea started at 15, and that middle school students between 12 and 14, in cases when they ran away from home for personal reasons, were unable to obtain money through proper channels and became easy prey to prostitution. >Notwithstanding this, article 305 of the Korean criminal law currently dictates that children above the age of 13 are considered as being able to exert autonomy, and therefore having a consensual sex with them is not legally punishable. >Having sex with children under 13 is punishable at all times. 