More than 100 gay bars and nightclubs are now openly operating in downtown Seoul, according to a gay rights organization.

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In 2009, Canterbury Pride complained the city was a "cultural wilderness" and one of few in England without any gay bars.

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Though rainbow flags fly outside the gay bars of the Nakwon district of downtown Seoul, participants in Gay Pride rallies have been known to wear masks to avoid identification.

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