Tag: adoptees
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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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Asia News Network: From fragmented memories of shame, Korea-born adoptee author weaves a home in language
Link to story Hwang Dong-Hee for Korea Times ‘This story is not only for Korean adoptees in Switzerland. It is for anyone who has been rejected, anyone who has been shamed,’ says Laure Mi Hyun Croset, a writer who was born in Korea and adopted to Switzerland at 10 months old. Korean editions of Laure…
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Maeil Broadcasting Network (MBN: The Journey of Overseas Adoptees Searching for Their Roots
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BBC: The American adoptees who fear deportation to a country they can’t remember
By George Wright Link to story
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Christianity Today: Every Adoptee’s Worst Nightmare
By Isabel Ong and Jennifer Park Link to story
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Newsweek: US Citizen Says ICE Detained Her, Said Her Passport ‘Isn’t Real’
Link to story A U.S. citizen and Chicago resident was reportedly detained by federal immigration agents despite carrying documentation proving her citizenship. Maria Greeley, 44, said she was confronted earlier this month by three federal agents outside her workplace, the Beach Bar on Ohio Street, according to The Chicago Tribune. Greeley told the outlet that the…
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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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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 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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