Progress Report #3

Ashley's findings:

Louise Shelley discusses the issue of human trafficking in North and South Korea and how they are different.  While South Korea is considered one of the largest economies in the world, fewer women are available for prostitution, and therefore, women are often imported from other countries such as the Philippines, Russia, and Thailand.  On the other hand, human trafficking in North Korea is different in that the government regulates the population.  Human trafficking is important to their economy in that it produces money for the state.  Since there is such a tight control over population, North Korean women are often exported to serve as wives to China.  Since the one-child policy exists in China, there is a shortage of women to marry.  She also discusses the different clients that participate in this global “business”.  These clients are military personnel but also foreign tourist from Europe, North America, the Middle East, and many other places.  Shelley explains that “different nationalities serve different clienteles”.  For example, Russian women serve both American and Korean clientele, while Filipinos are required to work at “clubs” that serve American servicemen because of their understanding of English.

“Human Trafficking: A Misunderstood Global Scourge”, discusses the importance of human trafficking in the United States.  Hilary Clinton refers to the issue as “one of the world’s largest and most pressing human rights concerns”.  Clinton also explains that human trafficking is also an American problem, arguing that, “It doesn’t just take place in the sweatshops of impoverished Indian village or in Thai brothels, but on US streets from San Francisco to New York.  This article could be used in our discussion of what the United States is doing to help these countries regarding this issue and also the fact that it is occurring in our own country.


Bibliography:

Shelley, Louise. “Human Trafficking: A Global Perspective” Cambridge University Press, 2010

<http://books.google.com/books?id=XY8uJoYkNBsC&pg=PA155&lpg=PA155&dq=human+trafficking+in+north+korea&source=bl&ots=MBFyZj9G1C&sig=4e0Lecg2qx2TRnGfwJMjTXAxYJQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=46B1UOy2JOjy0gHimYH4Aw&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=human%20trafficking%20in%20north%20korea&f=false>

Hanes, Stephanie.  “Human Trafficking: A Misunderstood Global Scourge”.  The Christian Science Monitor.  Web. 9 Sept. 2012.

<http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-Issues/2012/0909/Human-trafficking-a-misunderstood-global-scourge>