The slides for my thesis proposal in MICA's MA in Social Design (MASD) program, presented 12.10.12.

1. Are you from
north or south
Korea
?
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2. north
Why are there two Koreas?
south
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3. north
south
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4. north
south
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5. north
Why do North Koreans
defect to the South?
south
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*Merriam Webster Dictionary

6. north
Why do North Koreans
defect to the South?
de∙fect
v. to forsake one cause, party, or
nation for another, often because of
a change in ideology*
south
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*Merriam Webster Dictionary

7. north korea
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8. north korea
totalitarian regime
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9. north
south
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10. However
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11. south korea
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12. North Korean Defectors in South Korea
unemployment 4:1
suicide 2.5:1
South Koreans
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*Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development

13. 1,139
583
NUMBER OF
DEFECTORS
312
148
71
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
YEAR
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*South Korean Ministry of Unification

14. 1,139
583
NUMBER OF
DEFECTORS
312 20,050*
TOTAL # IN 2010
148
71
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
YEAR
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15. north
What can
social design
do here?
south
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16. (1)
talk to...
• North Korean activists
• North Korean defectors
• Hanawon directors
• Hanawon builders
• Non-profit groups
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17. goals
Understand and articulate
the issues of assimilation and
the potential for intervention.
challenges
• distance – political, cultural,
geographical
• access & connections
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19. Thank You
credits
thenounproject.com
Merriam Webster Dictionary
Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick
Escape from Camp 14 by Blaine Harden
South Korean Ministry of Unification
Mary Gohng, former NK Rights Activist
Organization for Economic Co-opera-
tion and Development (OECD)
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