The massage room in the Thai Trade Center. Provided by the companyChung Gyu-yeong goes on vacation to Thailand almost every summer. The attraction, he says, is not just the beaches and exotic scenery ...

Thai massage parlors, offering more than a chance to get the knots out of your back, are being targeted — and the crackdown is proving detrimental to the people working there.

During a Thai massage, the practitioner will walk on your body as well as pull and stretch you in different ways in order to improve mobility.