Eight people in white garments and big hair fill the image, their faces are painted white, black and red

Face-painted South Korean sex workers rally in Seoul, wearing mourning garments. Image via Lee Jin-man/ Lee Jin-Man

Tuesday, May 17, 2011, nearly seven years after laws began driving thousands of South Korean sex workers out of work, sex workers of the Yeongdeungpo red-light district are fighting back, spurred by what they say is an unprecedented campaign of police harassment.