In Response to the South Korean’s President, Lee Apology
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 …
Why Record-Keeping Should Not Be the Focus.
Return records to adoptees and stop child trafficking disguised as adoption. The Real Priority Is Ending International Adoption The debate over where to store adoption records for Korean adoptees is gaining momentum once again. Millions of dollars are being allocated to secure the “perfect” building to hold records, many of …
In Response to The Korea Herald: South Korea Admitted Flawed Adoption Practices.
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 …
Korean Adoptees Worldwide’s Response to South Korea’s Truth and Reconciliation Press Conference
View PostVoices of Korean Adoptees: Falsified Records, Switched Identities, and Anguished Searches for the Truth
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 …
