Ex-Prostitutes: S. Korea Pimped Us to US GIs

He was killed in the early days of fighting in 1950

(NEWSER) - One more US soldier from the Korean War is coming home: South Korea today handed over the remains of an American killed in the early days of the war in 1950, reports the Korea Herald . The remains were found last year on a hill in South Chungcheong Province, and they will be sent to Hawaii to determine the soldier's identity. About 8,000 Americans remain unaccounted for from the 1950-'53 war. More»

Even sex isn't selling as truckers losing 'play money' bypass Nevada brothels

(NEWSER) - The flagging economy is threatening to send Nevada's whorehouses to the poorhouse, the Los Angeles Times reports. Managers of some of the state's 25 legal brothels say they have no shortage of newcomers—some as old as 74—wishing to enter the world's oldest profession, but food and fuel prices mean the truckers they rely on for business are running short of cash. More»

Trafficked women aren't giving consent, campaign maintains

(NEWSER) - British authorities are targeting men who pay for sex with a hard-hitting ad campaign comparing some instances to rape, Reuters reports. Because thousands of women trafficked into the country each year are forced into prostitution, there's nothing consensual about the sex they sell, the ads suggest. "Walk in a punter, walk out a rapist," say the ads to be posted in men's rooms. More»

Lessons learned from Spitzer's favorite online escort service

(NEWSER) - There are important lessons to be gleaned from Eliot Spitzer’s shenanigans. Namely: how to effectively run a brothel for the well-to-do. Using cached pages from the now-defunct Emperors Club website, Josh Levin lays out a business plan in Slate.

1. Keep out the riff-raff: 92% of the club’s clients were CEOs
2. Peddle the best product: The ladies boasted detailed, degree-laden CVs
3. Set fair prices: A three-diamond prostitute is less talented than a seven-diamond prostitute, but she’s also one-third the price

GOP hopeful gets some X-rated support

(NEWSER) - Ron Paul found himself on the respectable side of a brothel last week, when the Republican presidential hopeful earned the endorsement of the owner of Reno's Moonlite BunnyRanch. MSNBC anchor Tucker Carlson surprised Paul by engineering the nod, arriving in a limousine with Dennis Hof and two “celebrity prostitutes,” the Reno Gazette-Journal reports. More»