By Kim Jae-heun
Local e-commerce firms such as Coupang, Gmarket and Auction are embroiled in controversy for selling clothing items with the names of pornographic websites printed on them. Customers can also purchase other goods with logos on them such as "Pornhub" and "XVideos," regardless of their age.
Coupang has deleted its pornographic website-related items as of Monday, but "Pornhub Hoodie" and "Pornhub T-shirt" still bring results if users search for Pornhub.
Such items were available at Interpark and WeMakePrice until Monday after they too deleted them.
Despite the controversy, none of the market players are taking any serious action. E-commerce firms say ex-ante control would limit the freedom of their open market platforms.