Korean Adoptees Around the World

Unveiling Untold Stories

A collection compiled by Korean adoptees from around the world.

What is Adoption From a Human Rights Perspective?


Korean Adoptees Worldwide Network
Special Request to the Korean Government

Journalists, researchers, academics, authors, documentary filmmakers, advocacy groups, legal professionals, event planners, government agencies, genealogists, and healthcare professionals seeking commentary, book inquiries, speaking engagements, or expert information on the history and/or current climate of international adoption contact Rev. Dr. Myung Ja Kim at KoreanAdopteesworldwide@proton.me

언론인, 연구자, 학계 전문가, 작가, 다큐멘터리 영화 제작자, 옹호 단체, 법률 전문가, 행사 기획자, 정부 기관, 계보학자, 및 의료 전문가 등 국제 입양의 역사 및 현재 상황에 대한 논평, 도서 문의, 강연 요청, 또는 전문가 정보를 찾고 계신 분들은 KoreanAdopteesworldwide@proton.me Rev. Dr. Myung Ja Kim 에게 연락하시기 바랍니다.

Korean Adoptees Worldwide

About Our Vision

Our vision is a world where we are fully embraced and supported in our journey to reclaim our true identities, reconnect with our heritage, and advocate for our rights. We envision a society that recognizes every individual's inherent worth and dignity.

우리의 비전은 우리의 진정한 정체성을 되찾고, 우리의 유산과 다시 연결하고, 우리의 권리를 옹호하기 위한 여정에서 우리가 완전히 포용되고 지원받는 세상입니다. 우리는 모든 개인의 고유한 가치와 존엄성을 인정하는 사회를 꿈꿉니다.

What We Believe Human Rights 인권

Read Adam Crapser and Monte Haines's Adoption Story Here.

"This is a powerful and important read for all. The adoptee's voice is all too often silenced, and it can literally be life or death for some to be heard and seen." Amazon Review
Editor, Co-Compiler, and Book Cover Design
   AUTHOR & Historian,  Janine Myung Ja (재닌 명자)
Cover Art
Artists & Activist, Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom (정울림)

"This is a powerful and important read for all. The adoptee's voice is all too often silenced, and it can literally be life or death for some to be heard and seen."

Amazon Review

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Adoption: What You Should Know (An Orphan's Research)

Adoptee’s Adoption Research Into Child Trafficking reveals the often overlookedperspectives of the people most impacted by adoption: adoptees.

Adoption: What You Should Know has been divided into four short, easy-to-read sections, revealing the making of the global system throughout time, starting in Europe, America, South Korea (Asia), and today, finally, in Africa. Learn how religious folks, like Harry Holt (1954), spearheaded overseas adoption programs that have exploded into a worldwide on-demand phenomenon but blatantly ignore inherent and natural human rights (aka God's laws) for patriarchal and evangelical dreams and continue to violate the correct interpretation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).


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International Adoption
How it Started

A Gripping Memoir of Adoption and Twin Sisters' Search for Their Roots...

 A Peek Inside International Adoption

"The narrative voice is powerful and clear, and the prose is good. The Search for Mother Missing: A Peek Inside International Adoption asks important questions related to the rights of children adopted internationally, explores the challenges they face, and the anguish of being disconnected from one's true parents. It is poignant, insightful, and gripping, filled with humanity." - Christian Sia


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Rev. Dr. Janine Vance Searches for the Truth About Korean Adoptees...

For Janine and her sister, Jenette, these are not imaginings but everyday life. Adopted into the United States from Korea when they were very young, the two women have next to no information about their original family and very little detail about the circumstances of their adoption. In order to answer her own questions and those of other adoptees not only from Korea but around the world, Janine has spent years researching the questionable practices of adoption agencies. She has written books on the topic and formed a support network for those in similar situations. 

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Author, Janine Vance (Myung Ja)

The Search for Mother Missing   Adoption History 를 포함하여 수많은 책을 집필하여 여러 상을 수상한 국제 작가 Janine Vance 와 함께 인턴십 기회를 가집니다. 이력서 보내기contact@janinevance.com


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