Should South Korea provide more institutional support for fleeing North Korean Defectors?

Background Information : 

Instead of directly crossing the border between North Korea and South Korea, defectors from North Korea usually cross the Chinese border and then take a ship or an airplane on the way to South Korea. This tiresome and extremely risky 'trip' is basically the only way through which North Koreans can flee to Korea. That is why a lot of defectors choose the road to South Korea even though there are chances of being executed if caught. While there is no doubt that we should provide aid for defectors who have already successfully finished their journey, whether or not to institutionally help the fleeing defectors is a controversial issue about which the international relationships with China has to be considered.

Personal Connection :

 Last semester, Mr. Moon showed us a documentary film about the long and dangerous fleeing procedure of a few North Korean defectors. It showed the cases of two young women heading to South Korea. Even though the film itself did not have any personal connection with my life, because it was a documentary film, it made me approach this issue in a much more personal level.
 Also, I had a chance to talk about the issue of North Korean defectors with an ethnic Korean living in China. At the time, the problem of sending the defectors back to North Korea was a huge issue as about 20 North Korean defectors who came to Korea by a small boat were sent back to North Korea. She told me that she found it absurd that the Korean presses were making a huge fuss out of the issue. She believed that it was China's obligation for North Korea as allies to send back the illegal defectors back to their own country. From this conversation, I was almost shocked by the fundamental difference of Korea and China in the attitudes toward the issue. I thought that getting rid of this huge gap between ideas was the first thing to do when we approach the numerous problems of North Korean defectors.

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Thesis : 

South Korea should provide more institutional support for North Korean refugees fleeing from North Korea, through China, to South Korea. 

Argument 1 : 

 North Korean refugees who are on their way to South Korea face numerous threats their lives and the even most basic fundamental human rights. 

Supporting Detail : 

On their way to South Korea, North Korean refugees are feeble subjects to fraud, rape, and other hideous crimes. Some women even become temporary prostitutes(although becoming a temporal prostitute usually naturally leads to the state where one is unable to escape from it). Being aware of the fact that they are not 'legal' citizens of China(which means that they are not protected by the Chinese law) and that they will get rewarded if they turn in the defectors to North Korea, the Chinese local people or even the police are eager to find and report the defectors to the government.

Argument 2 : 

 With the help of institutional support, South Korea should make China aware of the basic human rights of North Korean defectors.

Supporting Detail : 

 Considering that the Chinese government and people's attitude towards North Korean defectors is fundamentally different from that of South Korea's, there has to be a fundamental solution to this problem. The Chinese see North Korean defectors as criminals simply because they did not follow the orders of their country and fled. They even believe that it is their obligation as allies with North Korea to turn the defectors in. South Korean government needs to change this absurd belief of the Chinese and make them aware that North Korean defectors are also human beings with basic human rights, which are protected by the international refugee law.

Successful Launching of the Naro Rocket

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 After 10 years of developing a space rocket with Russia, South Korea has finally succeeded in lauching its first space rocket in its own territory. Although some of the technology used in building the Naro Rocket has been imported from Russia, the success in lauching Korea's 'own' rocket has a significant meaning in the development of aerospace engineering-a relatively unknown and undiscovered field in Korea.
 However, while there is no doubt that the successful lauching of the Naro Rocket is indeed something to celebrate, there is also a deep concern that there are other important and supposedly more urgent social issues in Korea. Is it a wise decision for Korea to spend the astrological amount of money on developing aerospace technology even when there are other urgent issues to consider, such as the relationship with North Korea, the new elected president, and welfare policies for the homeless people?