Korean Adoptee Reunites With Her Mother

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Melissa Konomos had always felt a longing to connect with her parents and to understand why she had been placed for adoption. She spent seven years searching for her mother until she received the call that they had found her mother and that she wanted to meet. This is the story of Melissa’s journey and the challenges that come with …

Adoptionland: From Orphans to Activists

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“We are the parents of the missing children. …I am a parent of a missing child. I don’t know where she is. I’ve had a reunion. I’ve seen her for five minutes in 32 years. I don’t know where she is.” Adoptionland: From Orphans to Activists

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The Real Monte Haines Deportation Story

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This Korean Adoption Book Reveals the Secrets and Truth about Korean Adoptions. “Hello, my American name is Monte Haines, and my Korean name is Han Ho Kyu. At age eight, I arrived in Iowa almost 6500 miles from Seoul, South Korea. I was scared and had no idea where I was. I was given a small room to sleep in, …

Chinese baby trafficking leaves farmers forlorn

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Children taken under guise of one-child policy and sent to be adopted abroad By Anthony Germain, CBC News. Forty-seven year old Yang Li Bing puffs on a cigarette as he shuffles through photos of a daughter he hasn’t seen in seven years. “After she was taken in 2004, I could hardly sleep and I asked my wife if we could have …