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“I’m a Korean Canadian Adoptee. I want the truth.” After decades of believing they were orphans, several Korean Canadians have learned that their Korean parents may still be alive. CBC’s Priscilla Ki Sun Hwang helps uncover how they got here and why some say Canada ignored evidence of botched adoption paperwork. Priscilla Ki Sun Hwang helps uncover how they got …
Private Adoptions in the United States: What Adoption Profiteers Don’t Want You to Know A web of consultants, facilitators, and other middlemen have made private adoption a lucrative business. But the profit motives can leave mothers feeling coerced, and nationwide, a lack of regulation creates opportunities for exploitation. In partnership with TIME, this Newsy report shows the murky world of …
South Korea’s Cruel Adoption Industry Adopted to France at the age of 11, Kim believed that her parents abandoned her. It wasn’t until she stumbled upon her adoption papers earlier this year that she began to doubt what she had believed all her life. She remembers her parents clearly, but the name on her adoption papers is none other than …
Learn how Harry Holt started the overseas adoption program in South Korea, which now serves as the foundation of international adoption worldwide. Publisher’s Summary Has the global manmade market for children exploited mothers, fathers, families, and communities? Gain a bird’s-eye view of the hidden side of the practice here. How would you like to be given a new identity to …
