Hundreds of sex-workers and pimps in South Korea, attended several protests this month, calling for abolition of the anti-prostitution laws, after the police crackdown of brothels in Chuncheon.

Face-painted and wearing mourning clothes, they shouted slogans against the forced shut down of the brothels for raising office buildings and apartments.

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Prostitutes, wearing traditional costumes, attend a protest against the police crackdown on brothels in Chuncheon, about 100 km (62 miles) northeast of Seoul May 31, 2011. Hundreds of prostitutes and their pimps demonstrated on Tuesday to call for the abolition of anti-prostitution laws, which they say threatens their livelihood. REUTERS
Face-painted prostitutes protest for police039s crackdown on brothels
Prostitutes, wearing traditional costumes, attend a protest against the police's crackdown on brothels in Chuncheon, about 100 km (62 miles) northeast of Seoul May 31, 2011. Hundreds of prostitutes and their pimps demonstrated on Tuesday to call for the abolition of anti-prostitution laws, which they say threatens their livelihood. REUTERS
Face-painted prostitutes protest for police039s crackdown on brothels
Prostitutes attend a protest against the police's crackdown on brothels in Chuncheon, about 100 km (62 miles) northeast of Seoul May 31, 2011. Hundreds of prostitutes and their pimps demonstrated on Tuesday to call for the abolition of anti-prostitution laws, which they say threatens their livelihood. REUTERS
Face-painted prostitutes protest for police039s crackdown on brothels
Prostitutes, wearing traditional costumes, attend a protest against the police's crackdown on brothels in Chuncheon, about 100 km (62 miles) northeast of Seoul May 31, 2011. Hundreds of prostitutes and their pimps demonstrated on Tuesday to call for the abolition of anti-prostitution laws, which they say threatens their livelihood. REUTERS
Face-painted prostitutes protest for police039s crackdown on brothels
Prostitutes chant slogans during a protest, against the police's crackdown on their brothels, in front of their brothels in Seoul May 20, 2011. Hundreds of prostitutes and their pimps staged the rally on Friday to call for the abolition of anti-prostitution laws which threaten their livelihood. The road is splattered with red paint, that was used by the protesters in an earlier rally. REUTERS
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