다음은 조선닷컴 http://www.chosun.com 에 있는 기사임. 이 기사뒤에 동아닷컴의 기사와 미국 국무부의 영문자료를 올릴 것임. ------------------------------------------------------- 워싱턴=최우석특파원 wschoi@chosun.com 입력 : 2007.03.08 00:33 http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2007/03/08/2007030800051.html “한국선 불법 성매매 만연 북은 세계 최악 폭압정권” 미국 국무부가 6일 발표한 연례 국제 인권보고서는 한국에서 성매매가 불법임에도 퇴폐 마사지나 인터넷을 통한 성매매가 도처에 만연해 있다고 밝혔다. 보고서는 또 “북한은 세계에서 가장 폭압적 정권”이라고 밝혔다. 이 보고서는 한국이 지난 2004년 성매매 및 인신매매를 금지하는 특별법을 제정, 성매매 피해자를 보호하고 성구매자에 대한 처벌을 강화하긴 했지만 최근 중국, 동남아시아 등지에서 유행하고 있는 섹스 관광을 다룰 법은 미비하다고 밝혔다. 보고서는 또 성매매금지 특별법 제정 이후 집중적인 단속으로 집창촌은 감소했지만 “성매매는 지하로, 해외로 계속 퍼지고 있으며, 최근에는 성매매 남성의 60%가 마사지업소를 이용하고 있고 인터넷을 이용한 윤락도 성행하고 있다”고 지적했다. 성매매 만연에도 불구, 실제 성매매 혐의로 입건된 사람 가운데 처벌을 받는 경우는 15%에 불과하다고 밝혔다. 보고서는 또 국제 결혼이 지난 2005년 10%에서 지난해 14%로 늘어났으나 외국인에 대한 까다로운 귀화 절차 등으로 인해 소수 민족에 대한 차별이 남아 있다고 지적했다. 보고서는 한편 “북한정권의 인권기록은 여전히 열악하고, 정권은 심각한 인권유린을 무수히 저지르고 있다”면서 “북한정권은 주민들을 혹독한 통제하에 두고 있다”고 지적했다. 이 연례 보고서는 북한 관련 부분에서 지난해와 큰 차이가 없었다. -------------------------------------------------------- 다음은 동아닷컴 http://www.donga.com 에 있는 기사임. 분야 : 정치 　　2007.3.8(목) 03:00 편집 美국무부 연례보고서 “北은 인권지옥, 南은 성매매 천국” 한국은 ‘성매매 천국’, 북한은 ‘학정 공화국’. 미국 국무부가 6일 발표한 2006년 국가별 연례보고서에 실려 있는 내용이다. 이 보고서의 한국 관련 부분은 “한국은 분명히 성매매를 불법으로 여기고 있음에도 지금도 성을 사고팔며, 퇴폐 마사지가 만연해 있고, 심지어 인터넷을 통한 성매매도 기승을 부리고 있다”고 적고 있다. 이런 실태에도 불구하고 한국에서 성매매 특별법으로 처벌된 경우는 15%에 불과하다고 보고서는 지적한다. 이 밖에 한국의 가정폭력과 아동 학대, 성폭행 사건, 여성과 장애인, 소수 민족에 대한 사회적 차별이 여전하다고 지적하기도 했다. 한편 보고서는 북한에 대해 “고문과 살인이 무자비하게 자행되는 폭압 정권이자 학정 국가”라고 평가했다. 그 근거로 비정부기구(NGO)들과 언론 보도, 탈북자들의 면담 기록 등을 들면서 “북한의 정치범들이나 반대파들에 대한 처형, 고문, 임의적 체포와 감금이 수시로 벌어지고 언론과 집회, 결사, 종교의 자유가 없는 국가”라고 지적했다. 이런 내용은 뉴욕에서 북-미 관계 정상화 협상이 벌어지는 와중에 발표돼 주목된다. 이 보고서는 북한과 중국 이란 쿠바 미얀마 짐바브웨 벨로루시 에리트레아 등 8개국을 인권탄압국으로 지목했다. 지난해 처음으로 인권탄압국에 포함된 데 이어 올해 또다시 지목된 중국은 예상대로 강력히 반발하고 있다. 중국 국무원 신문 판공실은 7일 “2006년 미국 인권 기록을 8일 발표하겠다”고 맞대응했다. 한편 보고서가 미국이 테러 용의자들을 다룬 방식이 국제 기준에 못 미친다는 점을 스스로 인용해 뜻밖이라는 반응을 사고 있다. 보고서 발표회에 참석한 콘돌리자 라이스 국무장관은 이에 대해 “우리가 완벽해서가 아니라 아주 불완전하기에 보고서를 낸다”고 설명했다. 주성하 기자 zsh75@donga.com ----------------------------------------------------------- 다음은 미국 국무부 홈페이지 http://www.state.gov 에 있는 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report   -2007Released by the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement AffairsMarch 2007에서 북한과 한국에 관한부분임. North Korea I. Summary For decades, North Koreans have been arrested for trafficking in narcotics and engaging in other criminal behavior and illicit activity, including passing counterfeit U.S. currency and trading in copyrighted products. There were no confirmed instances of drug trafficking involving North Korea or its nationals during 2006. Anecdotal evidence suggests that trafficking and drug abuse in the DPRK and along its border with China continues. There also continued to be press, industry and law enforcement reporting of DPRK links to counterfeit cigarette trafficking and counterfeit U.S. currency. In May 2006, Japanese authorities charged several individuals with a 2002 narcotics trafficking incident, based, in part, on evidence found on a sunken DPRK patrol boat. In August 2006, a defendant in a California criminal case told the court that he had promised to provide $2 million in counterfeit "supernotes" originating in the DPRK to undercover U.S. agents, and investigators seized that amount. The Department is of the view that it is likely, but not certain, that the North Korean government has sponsored criminal activities in the past, including narcotics production and trafficking, but notes that there is no evidence for several years that it continues to traffic in narcotics. The DPRK is not a party to the 1988 UN Drug Convention. II. Status of Country During 2006, there were numerous reports in the Japanese media of drug trafficking along the DPRK/Chinese border. According to these reports, Japanese criminal figures were traveling to the DPRK-PRC border area to purchase methamphetamine for smuggling back to Japan. The Department is unable to confirm the accuracy of these reports, and if true, the reports seem to involve small-scale trafficking by individuals, not large-scale organized trafficking managed by the state. Another indication that narcotics abuse and trafficking in the DPRK and along its border with China may be on the rise is a new decree published in the DPRK in March 2006, which warns citizens, state factories and groups in the DPRK to "꿳ot sell, buy, or use drugs illegally." According to the decree, "Organizations, factories and groups should not illegally produce or export drugs." Punishment is severe, up to death, and the family members and shop mates of offenders face collective responsibility and punishment with the perpetrator. The DPRK also has an existing antinarcotics law. The appearance of this new decree, its draconian penalties, and the fact that it is signed by the DPRK's National Security Council suggest that drug use and trafficking within the DPRK itself has come to the attention of authorities, and is viewed as a problem requiring a serious response. The "Pong-Su" incident in Australia in April 2003 renewed worldwide attention to the possibility of DPRK state-sponsorship of drug trafficking. The "Pong Su", a sea-going cargo vessel owned by a North Korean state enterprise, was seized after delivering a large quantity of pure heroin to accomplices on shore. The trial of the "Pong Su" captain and other senior officers, including a DPRK Korean Workers' Party Political Secretary, concluded in March 2006 with the captain and the others found not guilty by an Australian jury. Four other defendants associated with the incident pled guilty, and are serving long prison sentences in Australia. These defendants included three individuals who were apprehended in possession of heroin brought to Australia aboard the "Pong Su", and another individual who came to Australia aboard the "Pong Su", and was apprehended on the same beach where some of the heroin was found. The "Pong Su" itself was destroyed by Australian military aircraft, as property forfeited to Australia because of its involvement in narcotics trafficking. In May 2006, Japanese prosecutors charged Woo Sii Yun, an ethnic Korean and long-term resident of Japan, and Katsuhiko Miyata, reputedly a Japanese gang member, with involvement in several 2002 methamphetamine drug smuggling incidents. The 2002 smuggling incidents involved several instances of DPRK vessels leaving hundreds of kg of methamphetamine drugs to float offshore for pick-up by criminals in Japan. The police were led to Yun by the discovery of his phone number stored in the memory of a cell phone found aboard a DPRK patrol boat that sunk after a gun battle with the Japanese Coast Guard in late 2001. Alerted to Yun's possible involvement in narcotics trafficking with DPRK accomplices, Japanese police investigated his financial records and found several large payments from criminal elements in Japan. Japanese officials suspect these payments were for drugs from North Korea. Japanese authorities also suspect the sunken DPRK patrol boat of involvement in earlier instances of methamphetamine trafficking to Japan. The charges against Yun connect the DPRK more closely to methamphetamine smuggling to Japan, as key lead information - Yun's phone number - was found aboard a North Korean patrol vessel. Cigarette smuggling linked to the DPRK continued on a worldwide scale. For example, Greece uncovered four million cartons of contraband cigarettes through the fall of 2006, of which three million were aboard North Korean flagged vessels. A California man pled guilty in a federal district court in California in August of 2006 to conspiring to smuggle counterfeit currency into the United States. He agreed to a statement read in court, which stated that during the investigation leading to his arrest, he had promised to provide an undercover agent $2 million in high-quality counterfeit U.S. $100 bills or "supernotes, manufactured in the DPRK. Investigators seized precisely that amount of counterfeit currency in the port of Los Angeles. These examples of non-narcotics-related acts of criminality suggest that there is recent evidence of significant DPRK involvement in criminal behavior, even if no large-scale narcotics trafficking incidents have come to light. Department has no evidence to support a finding that drug trafficking has stopped. It is also certainly possible that DPRK entities previously involved in narcotics trafficking recently have adopted a lower profile or better operational security. III. Country Actions Against Drugs in 2006 DPRK officials have ascribed past instances of misconduct by North Korean officials to the individuals involved, and stated that these individuals would be punished in the DPRK for their crimes. A 2004 edition of the North Korean Book of Law contains the DPRK's Narcotics Control Law, and the DPRK government in 2006 re-affirmed its intent to punish drug traffickers severely, including with the death penalty, by issuing a new special decree in March 2006, signed by the DPRK's National Security Council. There is no information available to the Department concerning enforcement of these laws or other legal actions taken against North Korean officials and citizens involved in drug trafficking in DPRK, or upon the return of North Korea citizens to the DPRK. IV. U.S. Policy Initiatives and Programs The United States has made it clear to the DPRK that it has concerns about the DPRK's involvement in a range of criminal and illicit activities, including narcotics trafficking, and that these activities must stop. The United States thoroughly investigates all allegations of criminal behavior impacting the United States by DPRK citizens and entities, prosecutes cases under U.S. jurisdiction to the fullest extent of the law, and urges other countries to do the same. -------------------------------------------------------------- South Korea I. Summary Narcotics production or abuse is not a major problem in the Republic of Korea (ROK). However, reports continue to indicate that an undetermined quantity of narcotics is smuggled through South Korea enroute to the United States and other countries. South Korea has become a transshipment location for drug traffickers due to the country's reputation for not having a drug abuse problem. This combined with the fact that the South Korean port of Pusan is one of the region's largest ports makes South Korea an attractive location for illegal shipments coming from countries which are more likely to attract a contraband inspection upon arrival. In response, the South Korean government has taken significant steps to thwart the transshipment of drugs through its territory. The ROK is a party to the 1988 UN Drug Convention. II. Status of Country Drugs available in the ROK include methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine, marijuana, and club drugs such as LSD and Ecstasy. Methamphetamine remains the drug of choice, followed in popularity by marijuana. Heroin and cocaine are only sporadically seen in the ROK. Club drugs such as Ecstasy and LSD continue to be popular among college students. No clandestine labs have been found in the ROK since 2004 and it is believed that most of the LSD and Ecstasy used in South Korea comes from North America or Europe. III. Country Actions Against Drugs 2006 Policy Initiatives. In 2006, the Korean Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) continued to implement stronger precursor chemical controls under amended legislation approved in 2005. The KFDA focused its efforts on educating companies and training its regulatory investigators on the enhanced regulations and procedures for monitoring the precursor chemical program. Law Enforcement Efforts. The number of persons arrested in South Korea in the first nine months of 2006 for narcotics use was 768, for psychotropic substance use 4,501, and for marijuana use 640. ROK authorities seized 18.2 kg of methamphetamine. Ecstasy seizures continued to decline drastically, from 20,385 tablets in 2004, to 9,795 tablets in 2005, to 319 tablets in 2006. Marijuana seizures declined slightly, from approximately 10 kg in 2005 to 8.7 kg in 2006. (Figures provided are from the first nine months of the year. Total figures for 2006 are not available.) South Koreans do generally not use heroin and cocaine is used only sporadically, with no indication of its use increasing. Corruption. There were no reports of corruption involving narcotics law enforcement in the ROK in 2006. As a matter of government policy, the ROK does not encourage or facilitate illicit production or distribution of narcotic or psychotropic or other controlled substances, or the laundering of proceeds from illegal drug transactions. Agreements and Treaties. South Korea has extradition treaties with 23 countries and mutual legal assistance treaties in force with 18 countries, including the United States. South Korea is a party to the 1988 UN Drug Convention, the 1971 UN Convention on Psychotropic Substances, and the 1961 UN Single Convention, as amended by its 1972 Protocol. South Korea has signed, but has not yet ratified, the UN Convention on Transnational Organized Crime and the UN Convention against Corruption. Korean authorities exchange information with international counternarcotics agencies such as the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), and have placed Korean National Police and/or Korea Customs Service attaches in Thailand, Japan, Hong Kong, China, and the United States. Cultivation/Production. Legal marijuana and hemp growth is licensed by local Health Departments. The hemp is used to produce fiber for traditional hand-made ceremonial funeral clothing. Every year, each District Prosecutor's Office, in conjunction with local governments, conducts surveillance into suspected illicit marijuana growing areas during planting or harvesting time periods to limit possible illicit diversion. In the first nine months of 2006, local authorities seized 3,783 marijuana plants, up slightly from 3,464 in 2005. Opium poppy production is illegal in South Korea, although poppy continues to be grown in Kyonggi Province where farmers have traditionally used the harvested plants as a folk medicine to treat sick pigs and cows. Opium is not normally processed from these plants for human consumption. Korean authorities continue surveillance of opium poppy-growing areas and seized 29,162 poppy plants in the first nine months of 2006. Drug Flow/Transit. Few narcotic drugs originate in South Korea, and none are known to be exported. However, the ROK does produce and export the precursor chemicals acetone, toluene, and sulfuric acid. Most Koreans who attempt to smuggle methamphetamine into South Korea travel from China, and on a few occasions, the smugglers have indicated that the methamphetamine originated in North Korea and was transshipped through China. A majority of the LSD and Ecstasy used in South Korea has been identified as coming from North America or Europe. People living in metropolitan areas are known to use marijuana originating in South Africa and Nigeria, whereas those living in rural areas appear to obtain their marijuana from locally produced crops. There have been instances in past years of transshipment through South Korea of some chemical precursors, including potassium permanganate and acetic anhydride from China to Mexico and Turkey, but there were no reports of such activities in 2006. IV. U.S. Policy Initiatives and Programs Policy Initiatives and Programs. The U.S.Embassy's Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Seoul Country Office and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials work closely with ROK narcotics law enforcement authorities, and the DEA considers this working relationship to be excellent. Bilateral Cooperation. The DEA Seoul Country Office has focused its 2006 efforts on international drug interdiction, seizures of funds and assets related to illicit narcotics trafficking, and the diversion of precursor chemicals in South Korea and in the Far East region. The DEA Seoul Country Office organized, coordinated, and hosted a one-week training seminar on International Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Investigations. This training was co-hosted by the Korean Supreme Prosecutors Office (KSPO) with 50 prosecutors, investigators, and analysts from the Korea Financial Intelligence Unit, KSPO, Korean Customs Service (KCS), Korean National Intelligence Service (KNIS), and the Korean National Police Agency (KNPA) in attendance. The DEA Seoul Country Office also held two, one-week training seminars on Chemical Control and Precursor Chemical Diversion, co-hosted respectively by the KCS and the KFDA. Approximately 100 agency directors, scientists, supervisors, section chiefs, analysts, senior investigators, and regulatory investigators attended. The DEA in Seoul recently completed a modified controlled delivery of crystal methamphetamine originally intended for transshipment through South Korea from China to Guam. Working with the KSPO, KNIS, and KCS, the investigation resulted in the dismantling of an international crystal methamphetamine organization in South Korea and in the United States. The DEA Seoul Country Office continues to share intelligence regarding the importation of precursor chemicals into South Korea from the United States and other Asian countries with the KFDA, KCS, KSPO, and KNIS. DEA also works closely with the KSPO and KCS in their activities to monitor airport and drug transshipment methods and trends, including the use of international mail by drug traffickers. The Road Ahead. ROK authorities have expressed concern that the popularity of South Korea as a transshipment nexus may lead to greater volume of drugs entering Korean markets. Korean authorities fear increased accessibility and lower prices could stimulate domestic drug use in the future. The DEA Seoul Country Office will continue its extensive training, mentoring, and operational cooperation with the ROK authorities.