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Because of police corruption and an economic reliance spanning from the Vietnam War, prostitution remains a significant presence in the country. They usually come from the results of poverty, low levels of education, lack of local hiring, rural backgrounds, and mostly from Isaan/the northeast, from ethnic minorities or from neighboring countries, especially Myanmar and Laos.

Working in the bars of the red-light district pays more than many office jobs or other service work that the women and men in Thailand’s sex industry would otherwise qualify for. Sex work has allowed them to save money, buy themselves luxuries and support their parents and grandparents in retirements of ease.

But now the international sex industry has come to a halt.

According to government data analyzed by Dr. Yongyuth Chalamwong, research director for the Thailand Development Research Institute, an estimated…

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