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F.B.I. Agents in Southeast Asia Paid for Sex While Police Stood By, Watchdog Says

March 27, 2025March 28, 2025Mara HvistendahlComments Off on F.B.I. Agents in Southeast Asia Paid for Sex While Police Stood By, Watchdog Says

Solicitation of prostitutes took place over several years even as employees were training to combat human trafficking, according to a document released to The Times in a lawsuit.

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F.B.I. Agents in Southeast Asia Used Prostitutes, Watchdog Says

March 27, 2025Mara HvistendahlComments Off on F.B.I. Agents in Southeast Asia Used Prostitutes, Watchdog Says

The conduct took place over several years even as employees were training to combat human trafficking, according to a document released to The Times in a lawsuit.

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Korean Victim of WWII Sex Slavery Who Fought for Japan’s Apology Dies

February 18, 2025February 18, 2025CHOE SANG-HUNComments Off on Korean Victim of WWII Sex Slavery Who Fought for Japan’s Apology Dies

She campaigned for a formal apology and reparations from Japan for what it did to thousands of women like her, mostly Korean, during World War II.

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Myanmar’s War Has Pushed Doctors and Nurses Into Prostitution

December 16, 2024December 16, 2024SUI-LEE WEEComments Off on Myanmar’s War Has Pushed Doctors and Nurses Into Prostitution

Nearly four years into a grinding civil conflict, the economy is in ruins, and people — even professionals with degrees — are desperate.

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Maternity Leave and Ongoing Consent: New Rights for Belgium’s Sex Workers

December 2, 2024December 3, 2024Amelia NierenbergComments Off on Maternity Leave and Ongoing Consent: New Rights for Belgium’s Sex Workers

A groundbreaking law, which gives some sex workers greater labor protections and social benefits than similar legislation elsewhere in the world, is now in effect in the European country.

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A Dying Anticorruption Crusader Considers His Life’s Own Misdeeds

November 17, 2023SUI-LEE WEEComments Off on A Dying Anticorruption Crusader Considers His Life’s Own Misdeeds

Chuwit Kamolvisit has enthralled Thailand for decades with revelations of police and political corruption. But his own compromised past, including time as a “super pimp,” clouds his legacy.

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A Brutal Sex Trade Built for American Soldiers

May 2, 2023Choe Sang-Hun and Jean ChungComments Off on A Brutal Sex Trade Built for American Soldiers

It’s a long-buried part of South Korean history: women compelled by force, trickery or desperation into prostitution, with the complicity of their own leaders.

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A Risky Trade in Ukraine Grows Riskier Amid the War

January 31, 2023Maria Varenikova and Lynsey AddarioComments Off on A Risky Trade in Ukraine Grows Riskier Amid the War

Russia’s invasion has disrupted the social services that help reduce harm to the women and men who sell sex, threatening public health.

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Your Monday Briefing: A ‘Toothless’ Trip to Xinjiang

May 29, 2022Amelia NierenbergComments Off on Your Monday Briefing: A ‘Toothless’ Trip to Xinjiang

The U.N.’s top human rights official cozied up to Beijing on a trip to China.

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India’s Supreme Court Orders Police to Respect Prostitutes’ Rights

May 27, 2022Emily Schmall and Sameer YasirComments Off on India’s Supreme Court Orders Police to Respect Prostitutes’ Rights

Though sex work is legal in the country, those who practice it often endure harassment and abuse. The justices urged the authorities to employ a more nuanced and humane approach.

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