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
- 7 min
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
- 4 min
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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- 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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- Nov 28, 2021
- 5 min
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 6, 2021
- 5 min
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
- 4 min
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
- 5 min
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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- Sep 11, 2021
- 5 min
The search for origins is also a search for dignity
This article is the 15th in a series about Koreans adopted abroad. Apparently, many Koreans never expected that the children who were...
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- Aug 21, 2021
- 5 min
Rewriting the adoption narrative
This article is the 11th in a series about Koreans adopted abroad. Among the first wave of transracial adoptees from Korea to the United...
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- Aug 1, 2021
- 4 min
I’ve been searching since I was lost
This article is the 10th in a series about Koreans adopted abroad. Christine Pennell, an American adoptee from South Korea, found her...
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- Jul 18, 2021
- 5 min
The truth about our ‘abandonment’ and reclaiming our Korean identity
This article is the eighth in a series about Koreans adopted abroad. Korea’s nationality law facilitated the procedure of restoring their...
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- Jul 3, 2021
- 5 min
How falsified adoption papers make it even more difficult to search for my origin
This article is the sixth in a series about Koreans adopted abroad. For adoptees, coming to Korea in search of their origin is a huge...
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- Jun 19, 2021
- 5 min
An adoptee’s missing family
This article is the fourth in a series about Koreans adopted abroad. Searching for one’s origin is a life-long journey for adoptees. Very...
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- Jun 5, 2021
- 4 min
Why do adoptees learn Korean?
This article is the second in a series about Koreans adopted abroad. Learning the Korean language is an extremely difficult proposition...
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