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South Korea, adoption
Widespread adoption fraud separated generations of Korean children from their families, AP finds
The South Korean government, Western countries and adoption agencies worked in tandem to satiate intense demand for adoptable babies in the West, despite years of evidence they were being procured through questionable or downright unscrupulous means,
South Korean adoptees confronted with country’s decades-long adoption fraud, investigation finds
For adoptees who have looked into their roots, the inaccurate information has led to mistaken reunions, swapped identities and forgotten histories, according to an Associated Press investigation.
Widespread adoption fraud separated generations of Korean children from their families
In 1974, South Korea tried to stop adoptions to Scandinavia, after its political rival, North Korea, charged that children were “being sold like animals in the foreign land.” South Korean government records from the time show that diplomats from Sweden, Denmark and Norway began begging for babies.
Adoption fraud separated generations of South Korean children from their families, AP finds
The South Korean government, Western countries and adoption agencies worked in tandem to satiate intense demand for adoptable babies in the West, despite years of evidence they were being procured through questionable or downright unscrupulous means,
Takeaways from AP’s story on the role of the West in widespread fraud with South Korean adoptions
South Korea’s adoption program started with the unwanted children of Korean women and Western soldiers from the 1950-53 Korean war, and then included the children of single mothers, the poor and others.
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