Month: December 2025
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The Korea Times: Adoptees demand answers from country that sold them overseas
By Antonia Girdano Link to story TRC findings reveal suspected illegality of some adoption cases Adoptees and members of advocacy groups pose during a session at the National Assembly in Seoul, Nov. 26. Courtesy of Lynelle Long A bill to extend the mandate of Korea’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) passed the Legislation and Judiciary…
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PBS: South Korea plans to end foreign adoptions as UN urges Seoul to address past abuses
By Kim Tong-Hyung Link to story SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s government said it plans to end its waning foreign adoptions of Korean children, while United Nations investigators voiced “serious concern” over what they described as Seoul’s failure to ensure truth-finding and reparations for widespread human rights violations tied to decades of mass…
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Marie Claire: Stolen. Adopted. Fighting Back. Inside Korea’s Adoption Scam
By Kathryn Madden Link to story
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The Doctor’s Scandal: Child Trafficking for Adoption and Systemic Violence against Girls and Women
By Zeina Allouch Link to story With the start of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, it becomes crucial to acknowledge that child trafficking for illegal adoption is not simply a human rights or social issue, but a form of gender-based violence. The recent scandal involving a doctor who participated in childbirth procedures…
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Preventing and addressing violations of the law in the field of international adoption
By Báo Tin Tức Link to story Deputy Prime Minister Ho Quoc Dung signed Decision No. 2696/QD-TTg promulgating the Plan for implementing the Toolkit for preventing and handling non-compliance with the law in the field of international adoption for the period 2026-2030. The purpose of this Plan is to effectively organize the implementation of the…
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Antikor: Sale of Ukrainian orphans under the guise of “vacations”
A group involved in the illegal trafficking of children abroad for adoption has ben exposed in Odesa region Three individuals have been notified of suspicion in the sale of Ukrainian children to another country under the guise of “holidays”. Law enforcement officers in Odesa region have dismantled a criminal group engaged in the illegal removal…
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Asia News Network: From fragmented memories of shame, Korea-born adoptee author weaves a home in language
Link to story Hwang Dong-Hee for Korea Times ‘This story is not only for Korean adoptees in Switzerland. It is for anyone who has been rejected, anyone who has been shamed,’ says Laure Mi Hyun Croset, a writer who was born in Korea and adopted to Switzerland at 10 months old. Korean editions of Laure…
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