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 …
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 …
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 …
