PINKS is a non-profit NGO engaged in helping and supporting sexual minority cultures in Korea and other social humanitarian activities. First established in 2004 as a feminist association that intended to map the sex industry in Korea, it has strived to broaden social awareness of minorities and taboo issues, notably by producing various documentary films. It debuted with <Remember Me This Way> (2005), a documentary on the prostitution industry in towns where the US tro...More

PINKS is a non-profit NGO engaged in helping and supporting sexual minority cultures in Korea and other social humanitarian activities. First established in 2004 as a feminist association that intended to map the sex industry in Korea, it has strived to broaden social awareness of minorities and taboo issues, notably by producing various documentary films. It debuted with <Remember Me This Way> (2005), a documentary on the prostitution industry in towns where the US troops are stationed. It was after this first work that Pinks started addressing the difficulties encountered by people who belong to sexual and gender minorities. <3xFTM> explored the different reasons why three transgender men decided to undergo gender reassignment surgery, whereas <The Time of Our Lives> (2009) followed a politician who ran for the National Assembly after making her coming-out. PINKS has also dedicated two films to the 2009 Yongsan disaster, a tragedy caused by a fire that broke out during a stand-off between the police and residents protesting against forced evictions that took the lives of six people. First was <Two Doors> (2012), about the trial that attempted to establish the responsibilities of each party, and it was followed in 2017 by <The Remnants> (2017).Less