The fate of Korea’s ‘first and biggest’ sex festival

The group that protested the original event, the Suwon’s Women’s Hotline, described the festival’s cancellation as a “triumph”. “Whatever the organisers say, this was not a celebration of sex, but the exploitation and objectification of women, and the sex industry encourages violence against women,” said Go Eun-chae, the director of the hotline that provides support for victims of domestic violence.