Demand for an investigation into Holt International

Adoption Agency Complaint

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Do You have an Adoption Complaint? Every Life Matters. Below is a list of questions. Feel free to answer one or all of them and return email to actusa@riseup.net with Adoption Complaint on the subject line. And then share this questionnaire with your adopted friends. We want to leave no adoptee behind. *If you were not adopted from South Korea, but were abused inside the adoptive …

In Hyunsu’s Memory

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I am writing this letter on behalf of Hyunsu’s life and in his memory.  This letter is to Hyunsu’s Korean mother, Foster mother and ALL Mothers who want to protect their children, because I believe our children are an extension of ourselves.  First, I am so sorry of his tragic death and my greatest hope is that on a global …

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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, …

Being called ‘anti-adoption’?

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Back home, I started to question the way babies were obtained for adoption. During the process of researching and writing, I tried to remain as neutral as possible and gave the facilitators the benefit of the doubt (even giving them my trust) over the course of full decade of reflection and study. I truly believed that they were saints and …

Holt International Adoption Agency in Seoul Korea

Holt’s Front Door

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Why is this a big deal? Because the front door is typically reserved for their customers—paying people applying for a child—checkbook in hand. Adopted people are expected to enter through the back, asking questions in a hushed tone, so as not to make a scene. For years (decades, really), there’s been talk in certain adoption circles that we need to …