Category: ethics
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The Washington Post: Was he given up for adoption? Or was he taken?
By Elahe Izadi and Kelly Kasulis Cho From the story: In South Korea, the findings of a government inquiry confirmed what many adoptees had suspected for decades: Babies were sent abroad for profit, often with falsified backstories. In Michigan, a man is questioning his origin story. Over the weekend, South Korea announced it would end…
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JoongAng Daily: Adoptees left with mixed feelings, unanswered questions as Korean government reins in ‘baby exports’
By Michael Lee/Lee Jun Hyuk From story: For decades, thousands of Korean children were sent abroad for adoption, their lives determined by private agencies operating with minimal oversight and often incomplete documentation. One of those children was John Quick, now a 42-year-old restaurant owner in Seoul, who was adopted just six months old by an American…
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The Korea Herald: South Korea moves to end ‘baby exports,’ state to take full responsibility
By Choi Jeong-yoon From story: Link to article.
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The Korea Times: Adoptees raise alarm over NCRC’s handling of records
By Antonia Giordano Link to story. Despite renewed attention and government pledges to support adoptee rights, the National Center for the Rights of the Child (NCRC), now tasked with centralizing decades of adoption records, is facing scrutiny over mismanagement and technical errors. Hopes were initially high when the NCRC took over from private agencies that…
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Arise News: Police dismantle transnational child trafficking rings, rescue 40 foreign victims
By Linus Aleke From story: The Nigeria Police Force said operatives of the Zone-13 Police Command have dismantled two major transnational child trafficking syndicates operating within the country and rescued multiple victims, including children, pregnant women, and 40 foreign nationals. The Police also disclosed no fewer than eleven suspected child traffickers were apprehended across two…
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The Conversation: ‘Next time bring back my daughter’: Barbara Demick reunited a Chinese family with the stolen ‘missing twin’ adopted in the US
By Kathryn Shine Link to story.
Transnational /Transcultural Adoption Project 