Category: South Korea
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Notre Dame Magazine: Making sense of identity
A sister I never knew upended my understanding of myself, my birth family and my Korean heritage. By Darragh Hannan Link to story
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The Korea Times: Adoptees, birth families, officials demand justice as Korea confronts abuses
By Alice Hong and Antonia Giordano Link to story
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The Korea Herald: Lee apologies to adoptees as Hague Convention takes effect in South Korea
by Son Ji-hyoung Link to story.
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JoongAng Daily: After 30 years, Korea joins international adoption convention
By Jung Jong-hoon Link to story.
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The Korea Herald: South Korea tightens international adoption regulations, introuces adoptee visa
by Lee Si-jin Link to story
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Newsweek: Woman Abandoned as Baby Gave Up on Finding Birth Family, Until She Got Text
By Jack Beresford Link to story
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The Korea Times: Swedish-Korean adoptee’s pioneering research on flawed adoptions gains belated recognition
By Lee Hyo-jin Link to story. Tobias Hubinette’s findings on illegal international adoptions confirmed by investigations in Seoul and Stockholm
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She was adopted at 11 by a French family, but there’s a legal twist: her biological family didn’t agree
Yooree Kim was sent from South Korea to France, but her parents thought she was abandoned. By Joe Brennan Link to story.
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The Korea Times: Adoptees voice deep concerns regarding state takeover of adoption system
By Jung Min-ho Link to story.
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Korea Times: Korea improves adoption transparency, access, accountability
By Ma Kyung-hee Link to story. As of July 19, under the Special Act on Domestic Adoption and the Act on International Adoption, the Korean government has assumed full responsibility for managing both domestic and international adoptions, marking a transition from a private agency-led model to a public system. These reforms aim to streamline adoption…
Transnational /Transcultural Adoption Project 