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150,000 Koreans in U.S. Subject to Trump’s Deportation Order

In Book Excerpts, Global Adoption News by KAWFebruary 4, 2025

The Plight of Korean Adoptees The U.S. has a significant population of international adoptees, many from South Korea. Due to administrative oversights, many individuals were never granted U.S. citizenship. Unaware of their non-citizen status, they may inadvertently engage in activities reserved for citizens, such as voting, thereby risking severe legal …

Adoptee Stories, All, Book Excerpts / May 4, 2024

The Voices of Korean Adoptees: Insights from “The Unknown Culture Club”.

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“Going Back”: Excerpt From the Korean Adoptee Anthology

In Adoptee Stories, All, Book Excerpts by KAWFebruary 8, 2024

The “Unknown” Culture Club: Korean Adoptees, Then and Now In 1986, when I was eighteen years old, I traveled to South Korea with a group of adoptees—some with their adoptive parents—, but I was one of those who traveled alone since my adoptive parents didn’t share or even understand my …

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Monte Haines “Deported”: Excerpt from The Unknown Culture Club

In Adoptee Stories, All, Book Excerpts by KAWFebruary 7, 2024

Korean Adoptees, Then and Now My American name is Monte Haines, and my Korean name is Han Ho Kyu. At age eight, I arrived in Iowa almost 6500 miles from Seoul, South Korea. Long golden cornfields and woodlands of elm and hickory covered this earthly terrain. Basement ramblers strewn about …

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The “Wake-Up” Call: Excerpt from The Unknown Culture Club

In Adoptee Stories, All, Book Excerpts by KAWFebruary 7, 2024

Korean Adoptees, Then and Now I was seven months old, according to my adoption file, when I was sent to Copenhagen, Denmark, in March 1973. My Danish family would tell me the popular myth about me being brought by the stork instead of an actual airplane. Denmark is a relatively …