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Korean Adopted People to Norway Demand Justice and Truth

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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 …

A Request to the Korean Government: Stop Intercountry Adoptions

Why Did You Adopt Me to a Pedophile? In An Unfamiliar Land, as The Only Asian…

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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 …

Holt International Adoption Agency in Seoul Korea

Holt International President and CEO Phil Littleton Resigns from Adoption Agency

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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 …

Demand for an investigation into Holt International

More Than 300 Korean Adoptees Demand the Truth From Holt International About Their Adoption

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Peter Regel Møller is the front figure for 283 adoptees from South Korea, who are now demanding that the truth about their first year of life come to light. Adoption: Imagine that one day, you are told that you are two years younger than what is written on your birth certificate. That you weren’t born in the city, you thought. …

BBC Sounds: Adoptees from South Korea Call for an Investigation

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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 …