South Korea’s truth commission says government responsible for fraud and abuse in foreign adoptions
Through policies and laws that promoted adoption, South Korea’s military governments permitted private adoption agencies to ...
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South Korea says it sent babies abroad for adoption ‘like luggage’
Since the end of the Korean War in the 1950s, South Korea provided an estimated 200,000 children for international adoptions.
South Korea admits to 'mass exporting' children for adoption
South Korean governments committed numerous human rights violations over decades in a controversial programme that sent at ...
South Korea government responsible for fraud and abuse in foreign adoptions, truth commission says
South Korea’s truth commission concluded that the government bears responsibility for facilitating a foreign adoption program ...
South Korea’s International Adoption Program Violated Rights of Children, Commission Finds
The commission urged South Korea to issue an official apology for an adoption process that was often fraudulent.
South Korea accused of ‘mass exporting’ children for adoption
Truth and Reconciliation Commission finds decades of illegal overseas adoption enabled by government negligence ...
South Korea admits to adoption fraud and babies being taken without consent
The findings of a government probe confirm what many adoptees attested to for years: Babies were sent abroad for profit, ...
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World’s Largest ‘Baby Exporter’ Admits to Adoption Fraud
By Choe Sang-Hun Reporting from Seoul South Korea on Wednesday admitted for the first time that in its rush to send children to American and European homes decades ago, its adoption agencies ...
The New York Sun7d
South Korean Adoption Agency Abruptly Halts Operation in Wake of Reports of Widespread Abuses of ‘Fundamental Human Rights of Adoptees’
Human rights investigators and journalists uncover repeated violations by South Korean organizations responsible for sending ...
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Korean commission finds adoption program rife with abuse, highlighting AP investigation
A South Korean commission found the country violated its children’s human rights by facilitating a foreign adoption program rife with fraud and abuse. The landmark report released Wednesday ...
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Korean commission finds adoption program rife with abuse
A South Korean commission found the country violated its children’s human rights by facilitating a foreign adoption program rife with fraud and abuse. The landmark report released Wednesday ...