Searching For Old Prostitutes in Cheongnyangni 🇰🇷
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.พ. 2025
- 🌎 CHEONGNYANGNI, SEOUL (5.9)
Cheongnyangni 588 was a red light district in Seoul in the 1980s and at its peak there were around 200 brothels and 500 prostitutes; today, it is a shadow of its former self. Wonder down the seedy alleyways today and you're greeted by old woman waving condoms, enticing you into a red lit room, where girls sit in a triangular formation waiting to receive you. Literally.
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I am Korean living in Seoul. It's an old underdeveloped area, so it's a redevelopment area. The women who work there seem to work voluntarily and commute freely.
yes. have you seen my other korean videos on my channel??
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I happened to see your video. This is fun. The women who work there are not unhappy.
He came in because he wanted money. In Korea, prostitution is illegal, so most of them work in underdeveloped areas. The funny thing is that the police station is just around the corner and the government is pretending to be ignorant to some extent. As long as a man has a sexual desire instinct, that place is not lost.
@@gythvcf2573dude let it go it's jover
I feel so bad for those women. No one goes into this kind of life willingly. I really hope they can make it out and regain their happiness.
i agree! I hope they can be free but it must be so hard when you're stuck in that life! I hope you enjoy the other videos on my channel, i have a lot of interesting exploring videos!
I beg to differ!! Lol. Many women these days go into prostitution. It's quick money.
testing
They are locked in the room from the outside lock too. Smh
99% go into it willingly, what are you ranting about?
I'm glad that you're exploring beyond the manicured tourist spots to show what is real
That's all people show in korea, is coffee shops and k-pop. There's more the Korea than that!
I lived 20 years in Seoul , the first 7 years just near the next subway station ( Hoegi)....and it was in the 80th. I found myself one day in 588 street ( by accident).....almost could not walk though: girls grabed me and try to pull me into their place. It was just crazy. But after the 88 olympic games , in the 90th things changed ( the gouvernement, their laws, and so on). One thing, if I may, as I watched another of your video ( sorry for my poor english): koreans in general do not like much to be filmed...in poor area...even if they don't tell you directly, they can be offended ...Thank you for sharing.
Thank your for sharing your story! Have you seen my recent Korean videos??
Oh, I just discovered your channel, so I had a look. But honestly, I don't find the time to watch......and I live with my korean wife for 40 years, speak korean, eat korean, go to Korea from time to time . And still I feel that I don't understand all of it's culture ( my my western yeas...). So I am afraid ( as it happened in the past) that I may disagree with some things people say , by only having spent a few weeks there. For this reason I prefer not to watch so much about Korea: no offence to youof course not: it's great to share thrips and expériences...as long as we don't try to analyse too much.
Yes I saw your last video, where I see you give something to a man....with your left hand, and later again in the store, this 1000wons ( we don't do this: if you observe you will see that they always give you things with the right hand....and you see, I am in trouble, because it is kind of rude....but you don't know it, héhé). So you see, it's not so easy for me to watch ( I am too much into traditions+ my son is almost your age, héhé....it means I getting old). I won't write more in the futur....but please enjoy each day and again, thanks for sharing your videos....many will enjoy and want to visit this beautiful country. Take care. Sorry I was a little long.
I'm Korean and I really want to give you some advice,, be careful pointing your camera at people in dangerous areas, you might get beaten up by local gangs one day.
Thank you for your concern, i make sure i am always careful when and where i'm filming! :) Did you watch my other videos from South Korea?
Idk man that magnificent beard gives off some serious masculine energy, don't think anyone would dare to fight him
Not only just bad people, even conventional people, it's not polite pointing cam toward them
I like ur videos ❤
This guy is going to get hurt.
Once again showing us the grittier parts of town, much appreciated even it is quite a depressing situation. Love your ability to strike up a convo with just about anyone and your humor. Pushing me to talk to more strangers too! 👊
yes mate get out there and speak to strangers....in the first video of my new country i speak to strangers and end up in a once in a lifetime experience
@@whereisdan will do! That sounds sick!
People chill. He’s threading the needle in certain situations but mostly what he’s doing isn’t that invasive. He’s very polite and seem to have a good EQ for these type of situations. If you don’t enjoy his vlogs just move on :)
you're spot on.
Really think you should merge your two channels. You've got such a great catalog of videos that people can look back on. Eventually the algorithm will give you some love.
Yooo sorry for the late reply, this is the first time in 2 weeks i've had a stable internet connection! been travelling to make new videos! :)
i'm a very determined person and won't stop till i succeed, when i get back to europe i'll look into that and see if i can add some other videos to my channel
15:41 that is so creepy, it's like something out of david lynch film
i know right! Did you see the abandoned hotel we went to?
The ladies seemed very welcoming and polite from the distanced split second you filmed them. Any judgement needs to be placed solely in your direction for attempting to belittle them through the title of your video and your disparaging comments.
You have a nice singing voice.
Cool tattoo!
Who is the tattoo lady? She seemed like one of your girlfriends or something. It was so charming of her to walk you around. I guess she didn’t really want to go too far into certain areas?
Yikes! You should blur the girls' faces before this gets flagged.
Yooo sorry for the late reply, this is the first time in 2 weeks i've had a stable internet connection! been travelling to make new videos! :)
ill work on that now
Narrow chaotic streets full of old buildings, my type of beat this is what makes interesting city.
and they're destroying it all.. watch the one where i flirt with an ajuma and you will the real narrow busy streets! When i go back to asia in april i'll make a return video there to see how it's changed
@@whereisdan i'm on it
Nice place loved how you so wanted visit red light 😂😂😂 please long videos explorations days nights you'd content is funny great 🎉
watch my other videos now.
I’ve heard there are more places like this in Gangnam area and quite expensive at KTV. You gotta explore it then if possible.But in Korea this kind of thing is illegal as you know.Human nature though.
You’re late on a poverty tourism train. It’s really not cool to do that anymore.
What's cool then?
@@whereisdan Not going on human safari with your camera, that is what’s cool.
@@endisva Going to do 'normal' tourism is human safari as well.
There is kind of a difference
But to know that you should have some emotional maturity
Imagine yourself sitting in a room waiting some old men hitting on you..
f****ckme🤣 (yeah its actually a funny picture but.. i dont think you would enjoy it very much)
The reason why its even more pathetic to film some exploitative situation WITHOUT showing no emotions or saying any comments/statement u wanna express is that you basically advertise it and make fun of it and make it seem so “normal” and “everyday”. Well sadly it is but thats another thing.
So it is not like filming a market scene in downtown.
If you dont understand that, a boring exploitative 9-5 job for 2 dollars is worth much more than these types of documentaries.
And im not writing because of hating your character but it is true.
Probably you wont care but you could actually HELP with the right comments or some meaningful message, instead you laugh together with your commenter that “yeah those ladies are old haha”.. to gain audience.
It is pathetic and annoying to know that there are even much more annoying travel vloggers out there earning money by it.
Those girls were sold a few times that day in that room and are sold each and every time one person watch this video.
“Thanks” for this great contribution ..
What’s your favorite country for pleasure please?
korea
Thanks for sharing ☮️
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In you effort to satisfy the morbo of some of your viewers, what do you gain showing the dark and depressing side if this city and trying to expose women that try to survive in this world? These women deserve respect .
raise awareness.
I deleted my earlier reply to you because I can sort of see what you mean, now -- now that I watched more of it.
He and his friends go looking around for the prostitutes -- to satisfy their curiosity and that of their viewers (which helps him make money; but, hey, what's wrong with making some money?). THEN, 15:00 , when they find a madam willing to satisfy their curiosity (and hopefully sell them some 'happy time'), they rudely decline to "come in" and at least have a look (and, maybe even offer a little money for "the viewing", for they never had any intention in touching them -- the ladies will understand foreign curiosity at something not available in the "morally superior" Anglo-sphere), and then skulk away with comments like "Oh, I feel really bad!" and "It just feels really seedy around here" (!!) and "I'm gonna have to go and have a wash!"
Geez, what hypocrites!! ....Do they actually think they are morally superior to these girls or even the madam?!? THEY WERE LOOKING FOR IT; but, then, they wanted to "reassure" people watching this video that they are all "above" this stuff -- they just spent hours looking for this so they can show how condescending they really are to the people they were using for "views" (and TH-cam income derived from the views).
To "raise awareness". ....LOL!
Dan, you were rude, and your friends' comments were hypocritical and ridiculously sanctimonious considering that they knew what they were doing in that alley!
There's gotta be a name for this kind of video "tourism". Anyone have any good ideas?
@@whereisdan you should have blurred the faces of the girls that were in the room. To raise awareness you should at least know the exact reason why they are there, talk about the possible social and economical disadvantages. You should show some respect for them. They probably don't have an "easy" life and exposing their faces won't "raise awareness", it is cruel and disrespectful.
@@GuillP90 I agree - what's to say those women/girls aren't trafficked or captive. They likely wouldn't be locked in if they were there willingly.
Don't listen to them, great video. Your videos around Seoul's seedy sides really opened my eyes to S. Korea, never knew it was this bad and I don't mean so much the girls in this video as the the dirt and decay all around Seoul compared to all the other vloggers who show only the new buildings and how Korea has modernized and "rich." Really enjoying them. Now I want to watch the Japanese videos to see the other Japan rather than the usual "perfect Japan(ese) so often portrayed but not the reality.@@whereisdan
Great videos man! Just found out about your channel. If you go to Japan, it will be easier to find gangsters for sure, they even got legal offices in some cities.
heyy thanks for subscribing to my channel! i really want to go to Japan in the future and cycle around the country! that's my ultimate dream!!
First, prostitution is illegal in Korea. Although it is for the purpose of reporting, there is a problem in taking videos and releasing them on TH-cam without mosaic. Secondly, the channel has good intentions to show a different side of Korea. However, I wonder the real purpose of showing illegal prostitution areas, slums, and so on. Externally, Korea is a modern and advanced country, but do you want to let them know that there is such a dark side?If so, we should think more deeply. We need to know from various angles why they live like that, what light and darkness are in Korea's development process, what their honest feelings are, how society looks at them. However, when I see the videos, I just feel like I'm watching the dark side of Korea. Source for TH-cam videos, or from an outsider's perspective. Of course, you talk to them politely and have an interest in them, but isn't it all about experiencing and exhibiting for a while? I felt that they were like animals in the zoo while watching the video. Filmed with any camera from an outsider's perspective.
If you have nothing good to say, please don't watch and get lost.
@@jandsroe Should I only say good things? If you can't accept the criticism, what is the reason for the comments?
i appreciate your input, thanks for your comment
@@jinmo2821 no bad intentions at all. Just showing people the reality of the world.
@@jinmo2821 Freedom.
Did no one see them having to put a code to open the door 😕
i went back there today to film a follow up video!
Where did you meet the tattoo lady you didn’t say anything and all of sudden middle of the video she got lost. Tell us more.
she had to go to juijitsu class !
What kind of camera are you using? Do they not see it?
SONY fdr x3000, yes they can see it. Did you see my other exploring videos from around the world?
its cool to walk through, but its kind of disrespectful to go to the red light with no intention of paying... better to sort of end up there instead. just a thought?
my mate got a handy...does that make it better?
I went there but couldn't. Lol
They knock on the door i asusme to wake them up. And they jut sit there waiting for customer like a traped slave. I had to pass lol. The old ladys arent pros, they sit outside the room to get you to come in to the pros
you been to japan?
@@whereisdan only for transit. Was gonna go but ended up choosing Korea which is where I am now.
Your Korean pronunciation is terrible, but you have excellent linguistic sense and communication ability.
It's absolutely awful! I sound like i have a speech impediment when i speak Korean haha
From most travelers vlogs yours are unique .
you sir, are too kind!
Kinda reminds me of the back alleys of Amsterdam..the main drag has all the beautiful girls in the windows but once you go deep inside the alleys get narrow and the prostitutes get older
yes you're right! If you like this style of video where i explore different places, then i think you'll really enjoy the videos where i explore other countries as well :)
15:20 I didn't know it still exists 👊👊 Why didn't you enjoy? haha
not for me haha
Gireum. Oil? Gireum station and make a right? Allegedly I have been told that is the direction to the “windows” with ladies.
i went there again recently, you'll see it in an upcoming video!
한국 구석구석 다 다녀 보네요 한국인들에겐 구경꺼리도 아닌곳을 찾아다니시네요
i have lots more videos like this in Seoul !! LET'S GU
Dan, if you’re ever in Paris…go to Street Saint Denis..it’s right outside Saint Germain/Saint Michele..
will do, thanks :)
Thats Miari , what are the prices ?
80$ per hour
This is very sad that people are living like this. This is not funny.
this hurts to watch man
thanks
@@whereisdan ...?
@@kikithepupper6774hurts how?
@bombdropperboys385 because these old women are resorting to this because there is no government support at all for elders in korea. They need money for medication and housing.. there is no regular safe job for them at that age. Thats why it hurts
Please send me Google map location of red light area
giruem
What country.
Scotland
@@whereisdanlmfao wtf??
Amazing. I walked through there with my wife once. It's really rundown. Were you hiding your camera when you filmed that room?
Yooo sorry for the late reply, this is the first time in 2 weeks i've had a stable internet connection! been travelling to make new videos! :)
i had the camera attached to my backpack with a clip. i got a new camera now though which i've been using in the new countries im exploring. new videos start at the end of the month
@@whereisdan When you went into the office of the glass business where they're playing cards, that guy masked guy in the brown puffy parka recognized you from before. He spits out a startled, "([You]Again?" when you enter.
You did got a foreigner exemption to be there despite being an outsider. I wouldn't have been equally welcome under similar circumstances. As a Korean, they would have handled me a lot more roughly and told me to GTFO.
Be grateful that benefit of the doubt privilge still exists for you in your prime adventure travel years. I got to see some pretty behind the curtain or normally behind closed doors type of things just by virtue of being around, like ritual circumcision ceremonies of 18 year old men *without anesthetic) in Uganda and shit like that.
To my eternal regret, I didn't do what you're doing now and spent two decades traveling and working in dozens of countries on four continents and I barely documented any of it.
@@ryhk3293 Oh hell!!! That's exactly what i want to do document my travels and show a different side to each country i visit. That experience in Uganda sounds wild!
Where do you recommend i go next?
I like the ladies selling the juices, too funny.
Yapping away at each other! They're great!!
Dude was showing that tattoo really necessary
Super necessary
I do too, your gams are gorgeous! lmao@@whereisdan
18:28 この雰囲気すごくいいね
Please send me the Google map location
gireum station
I kenya on your list??
defo is!
Seriously...I cannot believe how you take advantage of your Caucasian status by taking pictures of anyone and everyone and their personal property. This is not normal in Korea and you are not being respectful to their culture with how you are behaving, I find it very offensive.
I can't satisfy 0.1% of the population ... if you watch all my videos you'll see 100% of people don't have a problem and are very friendly.
I dont find problems 😂
It's offensive you cry like a baby.
Cry somewhere else, weeb
Caucasian status!!! Get real!
Hahhahahaahahhaa 할머니 Dude you're killing me😂
hahahahaha
Find what your looking for, then run away ?
yes, thanks.
That tattoo artist just touches her hair with her gloves while tattoo...lol cross containmination..
i'm still alive... are you from america?? i want a new tattoo :)
@whereisdan6577 that's good to hear bro..yes I'm in America...San Carlos Apache reservation in Arizona
@@AZHighLife I'm coming to America on Wednesday, i'm very excited! Did you see my videos from Cuba?
@whereisdan6577 gonna check it out right now...I hope the title is not click bait lol...but enjoy your time in the USA...look forward to watching your videos
Is the black jacket girl your gf?
No, she gave me a tattoo ...
5:33 너 얼굴도 까고 다시 한 번 엉덩이 까 봐,
Mr Tom!
he's back!
Albino what's up with that tattoo
It's a skateboarding alien bruh
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I like your content but please that mustace ruins your good looks its giving me the ick looks creepy
oh no sorry
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Bro entering to private places and recording wihout consent, hv some manners white
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