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  2. International adoption of South Korean children - Wikipedia

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    This only added to the feeling that they were "not really South Korean". In May 1999, a group of Korean adoptees living in Korea started a signature-collection in order to achieve legal recognition and acceptance (Schuhmacher, 1999). At present (2009) the number of Korean adoptees long-term residents in South Korea (mainly Seoul) is estimated ...

  3. Decades in a country he can’t call home: South Korean’s US ...

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    In 1989, he was adopted by another couple, who were prosecuted in 1991 for charges of physical abuse and assault against foster and adopted children and found guilty in 1992.

  4. Adoption in South Korea - Wikipedia

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    Unwed parents have contributed greatly to the large number of children put up for adoption each year. From adoption statistics in 2012, unwed mothers birthed about 92.8 percent of the children adopted. [2] The high number of adopted children with unwed birthmothers can be explained through a variety of reasons.

  5. Deportation of Korean adoptees from the United States

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    From the 1950s through 1991, a plurality of international adoptees came from South Korea. Koreans are the largest group of adoptees in the U.S. [1] It has been estimated that as many as 20% of adult Korean adoptees are at risk of deportation. Many of the vulnerable adoptees suffered from a lack of access to other resources American citizens have.

  6. Sisters separated at birth and raised worlds apart meet after ...

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    First adopted by a Korean family, Ms Ha’s life changed drastically after her adoptive parents divorced, resulting in her adoption by a Belgian family in 1987. This family later adopted seven ...

  7. Transracial adoptees push back against long-held narrative ...

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    Similarly, news about South Korea’s adoption system has shaken many Korean adoptees. What initially manifested as a deep prejudice against biracial children in a nation ravaged by the Korean War ...

  8. Birth mothers in South Korea (international adoption) - Wikipedia

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    The decades-long phenomenon of international adoption in South Korea began after the Korean War. In the years since the war, South Korea has become the largest and longest provider of children placed for international adoption, with 165,944 recorded Korean adoptees living in 14 countries, primarily in North America and Western Europe, as of ...

  9. Court orders South Korean agency to compensate adoptee over ...

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    A court on Tuesday ordered South Korea’s biggest adoption agency to pay 100 million won ($74,700) in damages to a 48-year-old man for mishandling his adoption as a child to the United States ...