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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. 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.

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

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    Crapser made history as the first Korean adoptee to sue the South Korean government and his adoption agency for damages in 2019. As he awaits a court decision in Seoul, a bill that could grant him ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. Adoption in South Korea - Wikipedia

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    The high number of children put up for adoption each year in South Korea can be attributed to a variety of factors: the lack of support for unwed mothers, as well as social stigma, contributed greatly to these numbers. [1] Several organizations have been created to support unwed mothers and combat stigma.

  7. 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 ...

  8. Holt International Children's Services - Wikipedia

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    Before the adoption, Hyunsu's foster mother had requested to adopt him, but Holt did not allow it. Furthermore, his adoptive father had concealed his PTSD during the screening process. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] 16-month-old Jeong-in was murdered by her adoptive parents in 2020, after being matched with them by Holt.

  9. South Korean woman sues government and adoption agency after ...

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    Han accuses Holt Children’s Services, South Korea’s biggest adoption agency, of facilitating Bender’s adoption without checking her background. Her lawyers said the Jechon Children’s Home made no effort to find the parents after Bender was placed at the facility by police in May 1975, a day after Han reported her as missing.