This January 17, 1955 article is from the South Korean newspaper
Donga Ilbo. It suggests South Korea had a serious VD epidemic at the time.
1 Million Tested Under VD Eradication Policy
The Ministry of Heath has set up ninety-six health clinics nationwide in an effort to eradicate venereal disease (VD). The Ministry said it tested more than 1 million women last year, including hostesses, dancers, and comfort women. It treated infected women for free.
However, because of such shortages as budget, medicine, and facilities; concerned authorities, on the 15th, said they could not test men on a mass scale and focuses only on testing and treating women, suggesting that eradication of VD was not possible.
＜Japanese translation of the Korean article above＞
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性病根絶策
保健部では、これまで、性病の根絶のため全国96ヶ所に保健所を設置し、昨年１年間をかけて、接待婦を始めとしてダンサー、慰安婦など百万余名(延べ人員)に対する検診を実施し、そのうちの病菌保有者たちを無料で治療して来た。
しかし、関係当局者が15日に語ったところによれば、昨年にも予算と薬品及び施設などの不足から男子に対する集団検診を実施できず、女子のみを対象とする一般的な検診及び治療によっては、到底、性病根絶は困難だという。
(東亜日報 1955.1.17)