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Korean Adoptees Response to S Korea’s Frontline Documentary

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FRONTLINE and The Associated Press examine allegations of fraud and abuse in South Korea’s historic foreign adoption boom. The documentary investigates cases of falsified records and identities among the adoptions of 200,000 children to the U.S. and other countries over decades. The investigation includes the interactive: “Who Am I, Then?” South …

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A Response to Holt’s Statement on Frontline and AP Documentary, S. Korea’s Adoption Reckoning

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Overseas Adoption: Permanently Separates Families Holt International’s recent statement following the Frontline and AP documentary on South Korea’s Adoption Reckoning attempts to paint the agency as a champion of ethical adoption. They claim to be “unwavering advocates of the Hague Adoption Convention on Intercountry Adoption,” suggesting that their practices ensure …

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Voices of Korean Adoptees: Falsified Records, Switched Identities, and Anguished Searches for the Truth

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Korean Adoptees Worldwide Demand Justice A new PBS FRONTLINE documentary titled South Korea’s Adoption Reckoning reveals the heartbreaking and infuriating truth behind decades of international adoption practices that have severed Korean adoptees from their birth families. Through falsified records, switched identities, and a well-oiled adoption industry, thousands of Korean children …

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Why are Korean Adoptees outraged about International Adoption?

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Article: The Korea Center for Investigative Journalism-Newstapa is reporting on the 10-year history of the adoption records computerization project conducted by the Child Rights Protection Agency, a public institution under the Ministry of Health and Welfare. Previously, Newstapa raised suspicions that the ‘Adoption Records Computerization Project’ conducted by the Child …

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The Quiet Whistleblower Trailer

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Did you know adoption agencies do not actively provide information to adoptees? Did you know that 70-80% of missing children in Korea are kidnapped and sent overseas for adoption? Did you know that one out of three adoptees were abused? Did you know international adoptions are serious human rights violations? …

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Yunhap News Article: “Ministry of Health and Welfare, first meeting of adoption system reform council…”

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이 기사에 대한 Korean Adoptees Worldwide의 답변은 헤이그 입양 협약으로 비준되어서는 안된다는 것입니다. 헤이그는 이산가족을 영원히 합법화하고 사람의 정체성을 바꾸는 사업입니다. 우리는 포장되고 화폐화되는 상품이 아닙니다.” ” – 전세계 한인 입양인 “Korean Adoptees Worldwide’s reply to this article is that Korea should not ratify the Hague Adoption Convention. HAC legalizes …