Category: policy
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Washington Times: South Korea relaunches truth commission with focus on adoption fraud
By Kim Tong-hyung – Associated Press Link to story. SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea has relaunched a fact-finding commission into its past human rights violations, with a key focus on the extensive fraud and malfeasance that corrupted the nation’s historic foreign adoption program. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the third in the country’s history, began accepting…
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American Community Media: More than 17k Korean Adoptees in US Lack Citizenship. Many Live in Minnesota.
By Nicole Chang February 26, 2026 Link to story
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NPR: A U.S. veteran adopted an orphan from Iran. Decades later, ICE is trying to deport her
By Juliana Kim Link to full story
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Christianity Today: Trump’s Visa Suspension Leaves Adoptive Families in Limbo
By Hannah Herrera The government doesn’t provide a blanket exemption for international adoptions but will examine them case by case. Link to story Grace and Dave Macchioni sat down excitedly for a call with their adoption agency in mid-January. After more than a year of submitting background checks, financial records, and other paperwork, they finally…
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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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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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Legal Services India: Intercountry Adoption and Child Trafficking Concerns: The Need for Stricter International Cooperation
Link to story Reforming Intercountry Adoption: Combating Child Trafficking through Global Legal Frameworks, Ethical Governance, and International Cooperation
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Haitian Times: Florida-based Haitian American family reunites with adopted children from gang-controlled Port-au-Prince
Link to story By Fritznel D. Octave The arrival of two Haitian children adopted in the U.S. after years of delay in an exhausting and costly process brings relief to their Vero Beach-based parents at last
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The Diplomatic Insight: Pakistan Backs Draft Resolution on Illegal International Adoption of Children
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Smithsonian Magazine: This Adoptee Discovered a Trove of Documents in a Nun’s Basement. The Rare Vietnam War Records May Rewrite the Story of Operation Babylift
By Nina Strochlic Link to story The April 1975 effort matched more than 2,800 infants and children evacuated from Vietnam with adoptive families. Today, the adoptees are searching for clues to their past—and reflecting on the complicated legacy of their evacuation Babies on plane seats during Operation Babylift in April 1975 Jean-Claude Francolon / Gamma-Rapho via…
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