Talk:Prostitution in South Korea

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This article seems somewhat outdated, and many statements seem fishy. The numbers in the introduction are meaningless unless identified by year. Are they for 2005? 1995? 1985? Dollarfifty 18:19, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

They're all cited in the sources, but the government stopped keeping official estimates a few years ago. So they should all be from about 2002. I wonder why you say it seems dated, or fishy? The only thing that seems dated to me is that it doesn't discuss the impact of the Special Law, which has actually seen the industry become more lucrative.--ThreeAnswers 14:16, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

It just didn't sound plausible that 20% of all young women are in the sex industry. I understand it's one of those things very difficult to study accurately, and estimates vary widely. The studies should be identified by year in the introduction, and some sense of the credibility of the studies should accompany the estimates in the text. I'm not saying the numbers are wrong, but that the current version doesn't lay the foundations of credibility. Just my comment for other editors who may be more interested in improving this article.Dollarfifty 22:31, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

–I edited the opening paragraph. Statements violate npov and denote infererences that are not supported by sources. Hijklmnop224 01:51, 15 August 2006 (UTC)hijklmnop224