Since the 1950s, South Korea has been the largest international exporter of adoptees. Those adoptees were primarily sent overseas to Western countries. Now, for the first time, the country ...

The last memory Han Tae-soon has of her daughter as a child is in May 1975, at their home in Seoul. "I was going to the market and asked Kyung-ha, 'Aren't you coming?' But she told me, 'No, I'm going ...

FILE - Anna Singer, a Swedish expert leading the country's investigation into its international adoption practices, speaks during an interview in Seoul, South Korea, March 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Ahn ...

Results of a government probe into Sweden's adoption practices prompted its lead investigator to call for a halt to all international adoptions, domestic media reported. "There have been ...

Boon Young Han, co-founder of the Danish Korean Rights Group, stands for a portrait at the offices of KoRoot, an advocacy organization for international adoptees from South Korea, on Thursday, March ...

SEATTLE, WA, UNITED STATES, December 30, 2024 / EINPresswire.com / -- In response to the overseas adoption market, coordinators at Korean Adoptees Worldwide pushed to finally halt overseas adoption 70 ...

A Swedish commission recommended Monday that international adoptions be stopped after an investigation found a series of abuses and fraud dating back decades. Sweden is the latest country to examine ...

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean adoption agencies sent children abroad like "luggage" for decades, labelling some as orphans when they had parents and sending alternative babies when infants had died ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- International adoptions are down, but there are still hundreds of children who need a loving home. The Orrs quickly grew from a family of four to five, and it's all thanks to ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — After years of delay, South Korea has ratified the Hague Adoption Convention, an international treaty meant to safeguard international adoptions, highlighting a significant ...

STOCKHOLM (AP) — A Swedish commission recommended Monday that international adoptions be stopped after an investigation found a series of abuses and fraud dating back decades. Sweden is the latest ...