Category: transnational adoption
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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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Hundreds of Danish Adoptees Still Denied Records
Link to story By Irina Hundreds of adoptees in Denmark are still waiting for access to their own case files as the country continues to reshape its international adoption system following the closure of the nation’s last adoption agency. Hundreds Waiting for Case Insight Nearly 400 adoptees in Denmark are still waiting for access to…
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Maeil Broadcasting Network (MBN: The Journey of Overseas Adoptees Searching for Their Roots
Link to story
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HuffPost: I’m A U.S. Citizen. I’m Terrified My Adopted Son Will Be Snatched By ICE Due To A Heartbreaking Loophole.
“I lie awake at night worried that he’ll be snatched off the street and taken to a nightmarish prison in some other country, and I’ll never see him again.” By Barbara Parker Nov 23, 2025, 08:47 AM EST Link to story The first time I saw a photo of my adopted South American son Michael (not…
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CBC: Bill restoring citizenship for ‘Lost Canadians’ becomes law
Court ruled government must pass law covering some children born abroad By David Baker Link to story
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VietNam Net: Vietnamese father, 74, seeks American birth mom for adopted daughter
Link to story In his final years, a 74-year-old man from Ho Chi Minh City searches for his daughter’s American birth mother. Since losing his wife during the Covid-19 pandemic, the modest home of 74-year-old Le Trong Toan in an alley on Xom Chieu Street, Ho Chi Minh City, has remained quiet. He only opens…
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Al Jazeera: A woman’s search for a lost childhood in South Korea
By Susan Kim Link to story
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