Talk:yobo

That was a word used in Korea to describe a woman who was the quasi-wife of a single (although occasionally married) soldier in Korea. The woman was paid a fixed amount (depending on the rank and economy) each month. This gave the soldier a place to sleep off-post, cooking, cleaning and other duties performed by a spouse. Normally these were 1 year contracts, expiring at the term of the soldier's leaving Korea for a new assignment. It was a word imported from Japan where women provide this same service. Weweedmaniii (talk) 14:30, 4 March 2019 (UTC)Reply

Yes, I just found this, which is apparently the same sense. I hope someone more knowledgeable can add it.

• 2019, Ron Cook, On Guard in the General's Chorus (page 2)

  Grandpa doesn't want Grandma and their kids and grandkids to know that he had to get penicillin shots all the time, or that he smoked boo (marijuana) on a daily basis, or that he dealt in the black market, or that he had yobos (purchased live-in sex slaves).

Equinox ◑ 02:14, 28 February 2020 (UTC)Reply

 Done I've made an attempt at it now. Equinox ◑ 15:31, 9 March 2020 (UTC)Reply