Korean sex workers faced virus tracking, forced confinement, treatment — years before COVID
But the South Korean government, concerned the U.S. would scale back its presence on the Korean peninsula, was eager to see that their needs were met — including facilitating a robust sex industry that had sprung up around bases. Some of the women have sued the South Korean government in recent years for its complicity in their confinement and treatment in past decades. Upon being identified as the source of an infection by an American soldier, at times falsely, South Korean women were confined inside the treatment facility for days or weeks at a time. Slate operator Jieun Nam watches as the “Tearless” film crew prepares to shoot. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)“The building’s history and memory are disappearing,” she said.
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