a filipino delegate at the 2005 international conference of ecpat called for an investigation into the proliferation of kopinos. according to the delegate, when the korean fathers return to korea, most of them stop contacting their children in the philippines and no longer provide any form of support. the responsibility then falls on the filipina mother who unfortunately has to raise the child herself. the philippines is a strong catholic nation that gives importance to life. abortion is criminal and contraceptives is not widely discussed. the kopinos are left to grow up and be supported by their mothers . this problem occurs by a wrong sex-culture of korean men. korean men go to the philippines for language training or sex tourism without taking responsibilities. as their fathers are not married to their mothers, the children are unable to obtain south korean citizenship. as recently as 2003 they were believed to number fewer than 1,000; another 9,000 were born from 2003 to 2008. as a result, filipinos' perception of korean men has taken a turn for the worse.