International marriage agencies in Korea are working as advertisers for women.
These so-called agencies hook up women from Southeast Asia through video files and pictures on Internet sites as if advertising products in the market. Not only this, they also provide surety in their ads like, ‘we guarantee that these will never go away.’
Similarly, the Southeast Asian girls are priced according to their wealth and education background.
International marriage agencies propose diverse marriage packages for South Korean men at a price of 10m won. And the girls offered to them as their wives are from Vietnam.
The young women are exposed to false information about the person regarding his job and financial stability. They are left with no option except to get hook on to the person at one go otherwise they are reprimanded severely for rejecting the ‘chosen one.’
In Vietnam, local brokers at lodgings provided by them for a stipulated period supervise the recruited women. In case they end up staying longer, they are forced to marry handicapped Korean men in order to pay for their debts.
Once the women reach Korea after marriage, they become victims of violence and often face harsh treatments at the hands of their ‘husbands’.
