Dutch Korean artist’s project: The Mother Mountain Institute of Sara Sejin Chang
Artwork by Sara Sejin Chang (Sara van der Heide) at the ARKO Art Center / Courtesy of ARKO Art Center The following article presents an...
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- May 26, 2022
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[INTERVIEW] Defender of inter-country adoptees’ rights
Lee Kyung-eun, director at Human Rights Beyond Borders and author of “The Global Orphan Adoption System,” poses with her book at her...
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- May 21, 2022
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Adoptee’s journey tracing her mother, origin and heritage
Sun Hee Engelstoft / Courtesy of Sun Hee Engelstoft The following is a presentation by Sun Hee Engelstoft at an international conference...
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- May 8, 2022
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Today’s inter-country adoption system is not fit for purpose
This is presentation by Dr. Cantwell in an international conference held by the Presidential Committee on Ageing Society and Population...
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- Apr 23, 2022
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Gratefulness in the eyes of an adoptee
Erin, a foreign student studying in a prestigious South Korean graduate school, shares her perspective on the word ‘grateful’ based on...
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- Apr 17, 2022
- 4 min
Court submission on responsibility to verify acquisition of citizenship of inter-country adoptees (P
This is part of a submission to the Korean court to assist judges in understanding the international norms for the case of Adam Crapser...
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- Apr 10, 2022
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Court submission on the ‘orphan-making’ process (Part 2)
A diagram showing system of “orphan-making” / Courtesy of Lee Kyung-eun The following text is the second piece of the Amicus Brief...
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- Apr 8, 2022
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Submission to court about Korea’s inter-country adoption program (Part 1)
This article is the 32nd in a series about Koreans adopted abroad. Some of the articles of this series will dedicate space to parts of...
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- Mar 26, 2022
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Adam Crapser vs. the Republic of Korea
This petition filed by Shin Song-hyuk (better known as Adam Crapser) is the first and only attempt by an inter-country adoptee to hold...
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- Feb 16, 2022
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‘Dialogues with Adoptees’ honored with appreciation plaque
Lee Kyung-eun, second from right, the director of Human Rights Beyond Borders and author of “The Global ‘Orphan’ Adoption System: South...
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- Jan 28, 2022
- 4 min
Dialogues with Adoptees: Let’s make adoptees’ rights mainstream
This article is the 30th in a series about Koreans adopted abroad. Apparently, many Koreans never expected that the children they had...
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- Jan 8, 2022
- 5 min
A pillar of the Hague Adoption Convention: Shared responsibility of receiving countries
This picture was taken right before Korea officially signed the convention on May 24, 2013, Chin Young, then-minister of health and...
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- Dec 25, 2021
- 5 min
Adoption is meant to provide babies for families, not families for babies
This article is the 28th in a series about Koreans adopted abroad. Apparently, many Koreans never expected that the children it had sent...
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- Dec 19, 2021
- 4 min
I feel welcome but often rejected as adoptee in Korea. Here’s what needs to change
This article is the 27th in a series about Koreans adopted abroad. Apparently, many Koreans never expected that the children it had sent...
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- Dec 12, 2021
- 5 min
The second generation: A story of Korean adoptees’ child
This article is the 26th in a series about Koreans adopted abroad. We are deeply grateful to Seo-vin for sharing his insightful...
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- Dec 7, 2021
- 5 min
‘Vincenzo’ and adoption myth entrenched in Korean society
This article is the 25th in a series about Koreans adopted abroad. Apparently, many Koreans never expected that the children it had sent...
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- Nov 28, 2021
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While experiencing ‘han,’ we need to reintegrate ‘jeong’ into our vocabulary
This article is the 24th in a series about Koreans adopted abroad. Apparently, many Koreans never expected that the children it had sent...
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- Nov 20, 2021
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Secrets of birth: Multiple layers of falsehoods in Korea’s birth documents
This article is the 23rd in a series about Koreans adopted abroad. Apparently, many Koreans never expected that the children it had sent...
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- Nov 6, 2021
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Imagining equality between Koreans and overseas adoptees
This article is the 21st in a series about Koreans adopted abroad. Han Boon-young, a Korean who was adopted to Denmark as a young child,...
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- Oct 31, 2021
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The problems we face while helping adoptees’ search for families
In this file photo, children are taken care of by officials from Holt Children’s Services of Korea in an airplane before meeting their...
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- Oct 16, 2021
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What does Korean law say about adoptees’ right to information disclosure
This article is the 19th in a series about Koreans adopted abroad. Adoptees’ rights to access to information on their identity has not...
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- Oct 9, 2021
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Intercountry adoption is about human rights, not charity
In this Feb. 25, 1998, file photo, President Kim Dae-jung, right, puts his hand on his heart during his inauguration ceremony. Kim tried...
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- Oct 3, 2021
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Intercountry adoptions 1985-92: A numbers game for Korea’s national image
Number of children sent overseas for adoption / Courtesy of Lee Kyung-eun This article is the 17th in a series about Koreans adopted...
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- Sep 25, 2021
- 5 min
The unrestrained expansion of ‘child exports’ during 1980s authoritarian period
The number of children sent overseas for adoption / Courtesy of Lee Kyung-eun This article is the 16th in a series about Koreans adopted...
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