We acknowledge South Korean’s President Lee’s public apology to Korean adoptees and families who have endured lifelong pain and loss. Recognition is an important first step toward truth and accountability. However, the Hague Adoption Convention is not a solution — it is a self-regulatory and self-accrediting system, largely shaped and …
A South Korean mother has launched a lawsuit over the wrongful adoption of her child, who was kidnapped in the 70s. The country has launched a Truth Telling and Reconciliation Commission to investigate human rights abuses during South Korea’s time under authoritarian rule. Loughlin Patrick reports that after years of …
We Were Stolen for International Adoptions: In the last 60 years, over a million “orphans” have been adopted by Western families. Many of them are now discovering that their past is a lie. International adoptions are at the center of an unprecedented scandal. This scandal is far-reaching. It involves children …
In Response to The Korean Herald Article: South Korea Admitted Flawed Adoption Practices: Adoptees Call It ‘Empty Gestures.’ “Based on the following analysis of the intercountry adoption business, we, the undersigned Korean adopted people and inter-country adopted people, parents and families separated by adoption, and our allies, request the Korean …
Reuters: Truth & Reconciliation Commission Investigation Finds Reuters: March 26, 20255:52 AM PDT Updated 5 days ago SEOUL, March 26 (Reuters) – South Korean adoption agencies sent children abroad like “luggage” for decades, labelling some as orphans when they had parents and sending alternative babies when infants had died before …
A film about the quest for identity of Korean children adopted in Switzerland. Their search for their roots remains marked by unanswered questions and unspoken wounds. THE FILM Setting out in search of one’s origins after adoption is an intimate and moving journey, one that blends hope and pain. It’s …
