When I Met my Twin and Biological Family in Korea after Separation since Birth

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My Adoption Story This video shows when I learned of my adoption story. I am a Korean adoptee who was separated since birth from my family. I grew up in the U.S. and met my twin and biological family for the first time last May of 2015. Now, after a year, I am living in Korea in hopes of reuniting …

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Child Trafficking and Adoption in Haiti

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Earthquake in Haiti: The Pornography of Poverty and the Politics of Development by JULIAN VIGO UNICEF estimates that approximately 300,000 Haitian children are restavèk (child slaves) and that 3,000 children are trafficked out of Haiti each year.  However, these figures are widely considered conservative both because there are no serious studies to date on this subject and because the very …

The Trouble with International Adoption

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by Goorish Wibneh Imagine one of the millions of children orphaned by AIDS finding a loving home with a well-to-do Seattle couple who desperately want to become parents. But the real picture isn’t always so pretty. Corruption and fraud mean waiting orphans may never get the chance to have a second family. Meanwhile, other children whose parents are still alive, but too poor to care for …

Korean American adoptees furious at light sentence for toddler killer

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DAMASCUS, MD (WUSA9) — – Advocates for children adopted from South Korea are furious about the light sentence handed on Tuesday to a Marine Corps vet who killed his 3-year-old adopted son. Madoc Hyunsu O’Callaghan was buried here in an all but unmarked grave. Adult adoptees from South Korea want to know how it’s possible that the dad who admitted hurling the …