Category: transnational adoption
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WGTC: She just wanted a little sister: TikTok reunites two Colombian adoptees raised on different continents
By Fred Onyango Link to story Someone call Disney and Lindsay Lohan — the plot for The Parent Trap remake has practically written itself. Image via Instagram/rachellannaa A wholesome story about half-sisters reuniting from almost 4,000 miles apart played out in front of the entire internet — and it was all thanks to TikTok. In 1998,…
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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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The Juggernaut: The Missing Stories of South Asian Adoption
For decades, thousands from the subcontinent were adopted abroad, mostly by white famlies. Why have they been forgotten? by Siobhan Neela-Stock This story is paywalled. 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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KAUA’I NOW: Proposed law aims to correct citizenship oversight for adoptees
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Marketplace: For Chinese adoptees, the cost of finding answers is high.
Birth family search is becoming increasingly common with new technologies. By Katie Reuther Link to story
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The Spinoff: Why the government is urgently halting ‘unsafe’ overseas adoptions
By Catherine McGregor Link to story Mounting evidence that adopted children are being trafficked, abused or otherwise exploited has finally prompted action, writes Catherine McGregor in today’s extract from The Bulletin. Urgent pause announced Associate justice minister Nicole McKee yesterday introduced an amendment bill to temporarily suspend unsafe overseas adoptions for citizenship and immigration purposes.…
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New Zealand Herald: Govt scrambles to change law allowing convicted abusers to adopt internationally
By Adam Pearse 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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