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A local court has ordered Holt Children’s Services to pay compensation to a South Korean adoptee who was illegally sent overseas despite having biological parents in the country. The Seoul Central District Court on Tuesday sided with the plaintiff, 48-year-old Adam Crapser, born Shin Song-hyuk, ordering the agency to pay 100 million won, or 75-thousand U.S. dollars, plus delayed interest. …
Prosecute illegal and human rights violations in the adoption process. The Norwegian Korean Rights Group (NKRG) is an ad-hoc committee of adult Korean adoptees established to investigate the degree to which adoptees’ human rights are protected before, during, and after adoption. NKRG was formed voluntarily when all of us filed the case of the 2nd Truth and Reconciliation Committee through …
This week, we examine the brutality of overseas adoption in Korea, which has adopted about 250,000 children around the world over the past 60 years. Broadcast Date: Friday, October 28, 2022 at 10:00 PM People from various countries, such as the United States and Belgium, mainly from Denmark, argued that illegal adoptions, such as coercion, bribery, and document forgery, occurred …
Phil Littleton, the president and CEO of Holt International Children’s Services, has resigned, according to an announcement by the Eugene-based child adoption agency. The nonprofit’s board of directors have appointed Dan Smith, the organization’s chief financial officer, to serve as interim CEO effective Saturday, according to a news release. Littleton did not return requests for comment Friday. In a phone …
BBC Sounds: Adoptees from South Korea call for an investigation into false family histories. “Nearly 300 people adopted by European and American parents from South Korea as children have made applications demanding South Korea’s government investigate their adoptions. They suspect documents about their identities and families were falsified. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Korea has four months to …
