Truth and Reconciliation - The Investigation Into Adoptee's Human Rights in South Korea

Season 6 Episode 6

We look at the latest news surrounding Korean inter-country adoption, including the preliminary findings from Korea's Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The commission is investigating whether certain Korean inter-country adoptions were handled appropriately in response to questions filed by Korean adoptees.

LINKS:

• South Korea's Adoption Reckoning (full documentary) | FRONTLINE + ‪AssociatedPress‬ [YouTube]

• South Korea was the world’s biggest ‘baby exporter.’ New evidence shows some mothers were forced to give up children [CNN]

• South Korea reveals new evidence of ‘violent and systemic’ forced adoption abroad [Guardian]

• South Korean truth commission says it found more evidence of forced adoptions in the 1980s [AP]

• Adoptees from Korea left ‘stateless’, and searching for their roots [Hankyoreh]

• Almost 10% of Korean adoptees may be stateless [The Korea Herald]

• South Korean adoption fraud rocks Denmark as victims demand answers [Daily Sabah]

• “We have a right to know our history”: Fraudulent records keep Korean adoptees from the truth [Hankyoreh]

• All records must be unsealed for Korean adoptees who want it, argue experts [Hankyoreh]

• Korean truth commission to investigate hundreds of possibly fraudulent overseas adoptions [Hankyoreh]

• Adoption agency found liable for human rights abuses for first time in S. Korea [Hankyoreh]

• Adam Crapser’s Bizarre Deportation Odyssey [The New York Times Magazine]

• Adam Crapser vs. Republic of Korea [The Korea Times]

• South Korea grants extension to truth commission as investigators examine foreign adoption cases [AP]

• Seoul Searching [ABC]

• Representatives Smith and Bacon and Senators Hirono and Collins Lead Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Close Loophole and Grant Citizenship to International Adoptees [AdamSmith.house.gov]

• Congress Introduces the Adoptee Citizenship Act of 2024 [Adoptees United]