AFP
PHNOM PENH - Cambodia has overturned a ban imposed last month on South Koreans marrying its nationals, after introducing new rules to combat human trafficking, the foreign ministry said Tuesday.
Cambodia brought in the temporary ban after a matchmaker was sentenced to 10 years in jail for bringing 25 women from the countryside in an attempt to broker marriages with South Korean men.
Phnom Penh decided to lift the suspension after introducing changes including a requirement for couples to be together at all times during the marriage process, foreign ministry spokesman Koy Kuong said.
"These regulations will prevent human trafficking and fake marriages," Koy Kuong told AFP.
The number of Cambodian women marrying Korean men more than doubled from 551 in 2008 to 1,372 last year, according to a March report from South Korean news agency Yonhap.
Cambodia previously imposed a temporary ban on foreign marriages in 2008 to prevent human trafficking, amid concerns over an explosion in the number of brokered unions involving South Korean men and poor Cambodian women.
That ban followed an International Organisation for Migration report that said many Cambodian brides suffered abuse after moving to South Korea in marriages hastily arranged by brokers who made large profits.
The restriction was lifted about eight months later after new laws were introduced to prevent women becoming mail-order brides.
Cambodia brought in the temporary ban after a matchmaker was sentenced to 10 years in jail for bringing 25 women from the countryside in an attempt to broker marriages with South Korean men.
Phnom Penh decided to lift the suspension after introducing changes including a requirement for couples to be together at all times during the marriage process, foreign ministry spokesman Koy Kuong said.
"These regulations will prevent human trafficking and fake marriages," Koy Kuong told AFP.
The number of Cambodian women marrying Korean men more than doubled from 551 in 2008 to 1,372 last year, according to a March report from South Korean news agency Yonhap.
Cambodia previously imposed a temporary ban on foreign marriages in 2008 to prevent human trafficking, amid concerns over an explosion in the number of brokered unions involving South Korean men and poor Cambodian women.
That ban followed an International Organisation for Migration report that said many Cambodian brides suffered abuse after moving to South Korea in marriages hastily arranged by brokers who made large profits.
The restriction was lifted about eight months later after new laws were introduced to prevent women becoming mail-order brides.
2 comments:
C'mon khmer girls, smart up, use your head and think twice before buying into this prearranged marriage business. This is no more no less than slave labor trafficking. If the deal turns sour, you have nobody but yourself to blame.
So true! 10:22 pm
Why? What is the paper work is still not legit? What happens next?
Who will help you this time? Korean government or Khmer government? AT the end, you will be sold as sex slave, and who knows you will be killed after these freakin Korean men have enough of you. So think twice!
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