NPR has the story, here:
South Korea's government investigation into human rights violations in past international adoptions, which led to a landmark admission of government responsibility in March, has ground to a halt. . . .
South Korea is one of the leading countries that sends children abroad for adoption. According to official data, nearly 170,000 babies have been adopted from South Korea since 1955, while experts suspect the actual number is higher. Sixty-five percent of them went to the United States. . . .
The commission found that adoption agencies sent away babies as "abandoned children" when they in fact they were missing children or had parents. The South Korean government gave the agencies a free hand, through legislation and neglect, to collect adoption fees and donations in what the commission called a "child trade."
Read the whole thing here.
“South Korea is one of the leading countries that sends children abroad for adoption. According to official data, nearly 170,000 babies have been adopted from South Korea since 1955, while experts suspect the actual number is higher. Sixty-five percent of them went to the United States.”
— Kim Krawiec (@kimkrawiec.bsky.social) May 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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