Social Design Thesis Proposal

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Are you from north or south

Korea?


Why are there two Koreas?

north

south


north

south


Why do North Koreans defect to the South?

north

south

*Merriam Webster Dictionary


Why do North Koreans defect to the South?

north

south

de∙fect v. to forsake one cause, party, or

nation for another, often because of a change in ideology*

*Merriam Webster Dictionary


north korea


north korea

totalitarian regime


north

south


However


south korea


North Korean Defectors in South Korea

South Koreans

unemployment 4:1

suicide 2.5:1

*Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development


*South Korean Ministry of Unification

YEAR

NUMBER OFDEFECTORS

1998

71148

312

583

1,139

1999 2000 2001 2002


YEAR

NUMBER OFDEFECTORS

1998

71148

312

583

1,139

20,050*

1999 2000 2001 2002

TOTAL # IN 2010


What can social design

do here?

north

south


talk to...• North Korean activists• North Korean defectors• Hanawon directors• Hanawon builders• Non-profit groups

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goalsUnderstand and articulate the issues of assimilation and the potential for intervention.

challenges• distance – political, cultural, geographical• access & connections


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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