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In Response to the South Korean’s President, Lee Apology

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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 …

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In Response to The Korea Herald: South Korea Admitted Flawed Adoption Practices.

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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 …

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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 …