HT#2 progress report 2

progress report 1

The topic of Human Trafficking is an extensive and broad one that covers many different regions of the world. For our group, we decided to specifically focus on the trafficking that occurs between the North Korean and Chinese borders. This area was chosen not only because a majority of our group members did not have an extensive knowledge regarding what has been going on between these two countries, but additionally, because two of our group members are from South Korea and can provide our group as well as the rest of the class with some insight they have from having lived near the ongoing issue. In order to keep our topic focused on the Korea and Chinese border, questions the group will work to answer will target the reasons why this is going on and what is being done to help stop it. In terms of why human trafficking is taking place over this border, our group is interested in knowing if the conflict is politically, religiously, or economically driven; if not one of these reasons, then what explanation is given as to why so many are being trafficked. Furthermore, we are interested in what those that are being trafficked are being forced into and what inhuman treatment they are being succumbed to. Lastly, we want to focus a significant part of our presentation on the efforts that are currently being made to help those that are currently being trafficked, and what is being done to prevent more from being put through such inhumane treatment.

Resources:

                In order to make a reputable and accurate report on the human trafficking that is going on between North Korea and China, our group will use a myriad of electronic and textual references. Electronic resources will include but are not limited to news articles from papers found in the U.S. and Korea. We will utilize the language abilities of our two Korean group members so that they can translate the Korean articles and thus, incorporate the Korean news in our research.

Campaign:

                In order to build an effect campaign, all our group members will be actively engaged in the research process. We want to make sure we have a variety of sources so that our facts provide the most in depth and accurate information. Furthermore, to ensure that we are effectively informing the rest of the class about the severity of this issue, we will use various means of displaying the information we have found; examples include video clips, images, and numbers about how many and who are being trafficked. We want to use all types of means of presenting to guarantee that when we finish our presentation, the class leaves knowing more about what is going on today and what can be done in the future to help. All group members will be engaged in the presentation itself, and we will all contribute to creating the powerpoint that we will use for our presentation. Our two Korean members will aid in translating some of the research found, and our other group members will be actively involved in finding ways to present the facts, such as pictures and video clips. Our campaign will only be effective if we know that the class members leave knowing more about human trafficking than they originally did. We want to engage our audience in our presentation, and therefore will hope to include a time to allow discussion prior to and after our presentation so we can gauge how much our audience has learned. In knowing this, our group will know if our campaign proved to be effective and informative.

progress report 2
After beginning to research more and organize the presentation, each group member is responsible for finding at least one academic and one media source that could potentially be included our campaign. Maggie is responsible for posting the progress reports on the forum, but every other group member is responsible for finding  useful and reputable sources. Each person should send a bibliography and summary of their findings from their academic sources to Maggie. In the academic sources, group members must be looking for definitions of human trafficking and answers to the following questions: who is being targeted in North Korea, what are the reasons for crossing the North Korean borders, and what is the treatment of those that are being trafficked? Both Tom and Maggie have been researching academic journals and articles to find answers to these questions. In the near future, the group will be meeting together to work on putting together a powerpoint presentation that will include video clips found by Tom to help illustrate what is currently going on today on the North Korean and Chinese border. Our bibliography will continue to grow as each group member continues to find more information regarding what occurs on the border.
In the near future, after each group member has found the minimum 2 sources, we will complile all our findings and create an appropriate media presentation in both video and text format. It will be everyone in the groups responsibility to create the powerpoint, and therefore each person will be assigned a specific number of slides. Maggie has begun to find information on what other governments are starting to do to help those being targeted as human slaves, and this information will be presented at the end of the campaign to illustrate positive efforts made against the atrocities. In our group meeting, members will all work together to think of ways in which other students can help the efforts against human trafficking.
Bibliography:

Davis, Kathleen. "Brides, Bruises and the Border: The Trafficking of North Korean Women into China.." SAIS Review of International Affairs. 26.1 (2006): 131-141. Web. 1 Oct. 2012. <http://kg6ek7cq2b.search.serialssolutions.com.ezproxy.lib.indiana.edu/?genre=article&isbn=&issn=19454716&title=SAIS Review of International Affairs&volume=26&issue=1&date=20061215&atitle=Brides, Bruises and the Border: The Trafficking of North Korean Women into China.&aulast=Davis, Kathleen&spage=131&sid=EBSCO:Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson)&pid=>.

Kim, Young-jin. "US criticizes N. Korea's forced labor."Korea Times 21 06 2012, National n. pag. Web. 1 Oct. 2012. <http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2012/06/116_113544.html>.

Ling, Laura, perf. Vanguard Special: Captive in North Korea. Prod. Yamaguchi Adam. Current TV, 2010. Web. 1 Oct 2012. <http://current.com/shows/vanguard/92443219_captive-in-north-korea.htm>.

Moon, Katherine H.S. "Beyond Demonization: A New Strategy for Human Rights in North Korea.." Current History. 107. (2008): 263-268. Web. 1 Oct. 2012. <http://ehis.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.lib.indiana.edu/eds/detail?sid=4b33ff37-99d3-4d08-b1ec-27896165ab01@sessionmgr104&vid=4&hid=1>.