The Korea Herald (South Korea)
EDITORIAL
The Cambodian government's recent "ban" on marriages between Korean men and Cambodian women for fear of human trafficking was a rare negative step in the generally amicable relations between the two countries. We hope Phnom Penh will soon return things to normal while we wonder how serious the crime is and at which end of the problem is most serious.
The Korean Embassy in Phnom Penh early this month was officially notified that the Cambodian authorities would suspend applications for international marriage between Cambodians and Koreans. The Cambodian action followed reports that a clampdown on marriage brokers in Vietnam drove many Korean men to seek spouses through brokers in neighboring Cambodia.
The intervention of brokers gives rise to allegations of human trafficking. Phnom Penh has prohibited marriage brokerage since 2008 but the number of Cambodian women marrying Korean men increased sharply from 551 in 2008 to 1,372 last year. The large number could include cases of false marriage aimed at immigration for employment. Korean police should seek the cooperation of Cambodian authorities to obtain information on illegal and immoral activities of the banned brokers and to clear unsubstantiated charges of human trafficking at our end.
An extensive survey of foreign spouses of Koreans conducted last year revealed high percentage of Asian women who are satisfied with their married life in Korea. The average income of multicultural families surveyed by the Ministry of Health and Welfare last year was a little less than 2 million won a month compared to the average Korean household's 3.3 million won. But foreign-born wives showed a 74 percent satisfaction rate with their Korean spouses.
Cambodians ranked after Chinese, Vietnamese, Filipinos and Japanese last year. International marriages will continue to grow in Korea in the years ahead but any sudden ban from a foreign government for unsavory reasons such as human trafficking allegations will threaten the balanced growth of multicultural families in this country. Human trafficking is a most vicious crime and the governments involved should try their utmost in order to end it completely.
The Korean Embassy in Phnom Penh early this month was officially notified that the Cambodian authorities would suspend applications for international marriage between Cambodians and Koreans. The Cambodian action followed reports that a clampdown on marriage brokers in Vietnam drove many Korean men to seek spouses through brokers in neighboring Cambodia.
The intervention of brokers gives rise to allegations of human trafficking. Phnom Penh has prohibited marriage brokerage since 2008 but the number of Cambodian women marrying Korean men increased sharply from 551 in 2008 to 1,372 last year. The large number could include cases of false marriage aimed at immigration for employment. Korean police should seek the cooperation of Cambodian authorities to obtain information on illegal and immoral activities of the banned brokers and to clear unsubstantiated charges of human trafficking at our end.
An extensive survey of foreign spouses of Koreans conducted last year revealed high percentage of Asian women who are satisfied with their married life in Korea. The average income of multicultural families surveyed by the Ministry of Health and Welfare last year was a little less than 2 million won a month compared to the average Korean household's 3.3 million won. But foreign-born wives showed a 74 percent satisfaction rate with their Korean spouses.
Cambodians ranked after Chinese, Vietnamese, Filipinos and Japanese last year. International marriages will continue to grow in Korea in the years ahead but any sudden ban from a foreign government for unsavory reasons such as human trafficking allegations will threaten the balanced growth of multicultural families in this country. Human trafficking is a most vicious crime and the governments involved should try their utmost in order to end it completely.
5 comments:
it must be do the such problem early that this .some wield animal dogs in south korean need to be judge .
This Korean newspaper is trying to water down the seriousness of the crimes committed by their nationals upon poor and uneducated cambodian women. They are acting like those white sex predators in Cambodia. The punishment must fit the crimes.
Be careful Cambodian women! Don't settle for less. If I were you, marry your own race, better yet, marry someone you know! These Korean men are not looking at all! Love is blind, I guess!
Stuck with your own races better. It's not look good when you married with another races. Especialy married with the White guy or Black guy or Mexican people.It doesn't match at all look like one Cow and one Bufflo.
We should cut off their balls and make them eat it.
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