The international adoption of South Korean children started around 1953 as a measure to take care of the large number of mixed children that became orphaned...

International adoption (also referred to as intercountry adoption or transnational adoption) is a type of adoption in which an individual or couple residing...

Award for her work with the Holt International Children's Services. International adoption of South Korean children Korean adoptee Operation Babylift "Leaders...

the years. South Korea, at the conclusion of the Korean War in 1953, began to partake in transnational adoption. As these overseas adoptions increased...

trafficking between countries: Child selling International adoption of South Korean children Deportation of Korean adoptees from the United States McVeigh...

that originated in South Korea. The name refers to its defining four tenets which all start with the Korean-language term bi (Korean: 비; Hanja: 非), roughly...

ancestry to South Korea. The term Korean Americans (also rendered as Korean-Americans) usually encompasses citizens of the United States of full or partial...

interracial adoption, which is related to the Child Citizenship Act of 2000. International adoption of South Korean children POV (2000-01-17). "Adoption History...

South Korea (international adoption) refers to the group of biological mothers whose children were placed for adoption in South Korea's international...

Geographies Of Kinship is a 2019 documentary film. It explores the history of the international adoption of South Korean children. The film was directed...

K-pop Music of South Korea Music of North Korea List of South Korean musicians List of North Korean musicians "Traditional Arts". Korean Culture and Information...

Forced adoption is the practice of forcefully taking children from their parents and placing them for adoption. Removing children of ethnic minorities...

website of Buddy, Korean LGBT Magazine. (in Korean) Official website of Chingusai, one of Korea's oldest gay men's organizations. (in Korean) Official...

has explicitly supported the forced adoptions, including by enacting legislation to facilitate them) and Children's Rights Commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova...

the US for adoption. This group became commonly known as Korean Adoptees. They were part of the International adoption of South Korean children that made...

International adoptions by Americans became much more common after the Korean War when American servicemen fathered interracial children with Korean women...

addition, South Korean popular music ("K-pop") and films began seeing similar successes, which gave rise to rapid international adoption of South Korean media...

Arierang is the Dutch association for Korean Adoptees in the Netherlands. International adoption of South Korean children to the Netherlands started in 1969...

(Korean Children's Union Day) on 6 June. In the Republic of Korea (South Korea), 5 May is officially recognized as Children's Day (어린이날), and one of the...

adopt 8 Korean American children from South Korea. This adoption was highly public and, in many ways for many Americans, reshaped the concept of what a...

Seventeen (Korean: 세븐틴; RR: Sebeuntin; stylized in all caps or as SVT) is a South Korean boy band formed by Pledis Entertainment. The group consists of thirteen...

Documents From a Korean Adoption (Swedish: Palimpsest) is a graphic novel written by Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom [sv] (Korean: 정울림), a South Korea-born Swedish...

of race, children of mixed race or those without fathers are not easily accepted in South Korean society. International adoption of Korean children began...

Jin-sil (Korean: 최진실; December 24, 1968 – October 2, 2008) was a South Korean actress. She was considered one of the greatest actresses in South Korea, nicknamed...

South Korean nationality law (Korean: 국적법) details the conditions in which an individual is a national of the Republic of Korea (ROK), commonly known...

the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, officially United Nations Children's Fund since 1953, is an agency of the United Nations responsible...

Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (or Hague Adoption Convention) is an international convention dealing...

Incheon (Korean: 인천; Korean pronunciation: [intɕʰʌ̹n]; or Inch'ŏn; literally "kind river"), formerly Jemulpo or Chemulp'o (Korean: 제물포) until the period...

in North Korea occurs at one of the worst rates in the world. North Korea is ranked 172 out of 180 countries in Transparency International's 2023 Corruption...

Abteilung Lebensborn. In 4,000 of these cases, the father is known. The women were encouraged to give the children up for adoption, and many were transferred...