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This was the first pronouncement by the Ministry of the Interior on the subject, but plans to allow local [[red-light district]]s were opposed by Taipei's Mayor [[Hau Lung-bin]].
However, in 2010 the government was still debating the subject.<ref>[http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2010/02/03/2003465046 Permission to enter sex trade still in ‘research’. Taipei Times Feb 3 2010]</ref>
 
Korean female university students work part time as prostitutes in Taiwan and are replacing Russian prostitutes.<ref>{{cite news |date=2012-06-23 |title=한류 열풍 타고 '대만 원정 성매매' 한국 여성 늘어|url=https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2012/06/23/2012062300652.html |work=조선일보}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date= 2012-06-24 |title=韓 모델 100명, 대만 원정 성매매 논란…“매춘도 한류” 비난 |url= https://mbiz.heraldcorp.com/view.php?ud=20120622000144|work=헤럴드경제}}</ref>
 
In October 2010, the government announced it was planning to allow small brothels to operate, while meanwhile the laws were no longer being enforced.<ref>[http://www.koreaherald.com/englishcafe/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20101020000773 New law to allow small brothels in Taiwan. Korea Herald Oct 10 2010] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007021209/http://www.koreaherald.com/englishcafe/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20101020000773 |date=7 October 2011 }}</ref>
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The [[United States Department of State]] [[Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons]] ranks Taiwan as a '[[Trafficking in Persons Report#Ranking System|Tier 1]]' country.<ref name="state18" />
 
In Taiwan the majority of foreign prostitutes were Russians but a surge of Korean prostitutes have moved in.<ref name="Main 2012">{{cite news |last=Main |first=Beth |date=Dec 11, 2012 |title=Korean prostitutes flock to Taiwan after crackdown |url=http://shanghaiist.com/2012/12/11/korean_prostitutes_overrun_the_taip.php |newspaper=Shanghaiist }}</ref>
 
South Korean college girls have been moving to Taiwan to work as prostitutes and service Taiwanese men.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/01/11/taiwanese-se-asian-men-riding-the-korean-wave/ |title=Taiwanese, SE Asian men 'riding' the Korean Wave |last=Koehler |first=Robert |date=January 11, 2005 |website=rjkoehler |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705160321/http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/01/11/taiwanese-se-asian-men-riding-the-korean-wave/ |archive-date=5 July 2008 }}</ref><ref name="Main 2012"/>
 
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