Truth and Reconciliation - The Investigation Into Adoptee's Human Rights in South Korea

01/10/2024 28 min Temporada 6 Episodio 6

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Episode Synopsis

Season 6 Episode 6
We look at the latest news surrounding Korean inter-country adoption, including the preliminary findings from Korea's Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The commission is investigating whether certain Korean inter-country adoptions were handled appropriately in response to questions filed by Korean adoptees.
LINKS:

South Korea's Adoption Reckoning (full documentary) | FRONTLINE + ‪AssociatedPress‬ [YouTube]

South Korea was the world’s biggest ‘baby exporter.’ New evidence shows some mothers were forced to give up children [CNN]

South Korea reveals new evidence of ‘violent and systemic’ forced adoption abroad [Guardian]

South Korean truth commission says it found more evidence of forced adoptions in the 1980s [AP]

Adoptees from Korea left ‘stateless’, and searching for their roots [Hankyoreh]

Almost 10% of Korean adoptees may be stateless [The Korea Herald]

South Korean adoption fraud rocks Denmark as victims demand answers [Daily Sabah]

“We have a right to know our history”: Fraudulent records keep Korean adoptees from the truth [Hankyoreh]

All records must be unsealed for Korean adoptees who want it, argue experts [Hankyoreh]

Korean truth commission to investigate hundreds of possibly fraudulent overseas adoptions [Hankyoreh]

Adoption agency found liable for human rights abuses for first time in S. Korea [Hankyoreh]

Adam Crapser’s Bizarre Deportation Odyssey [The New York Times Magazine]

Adam Crapser vs. Republic of Korea [The Korea Times]

South Korea grants extension to truth commission as investigators examine foreign adoption cases [AP]

Seoul Searching [ABC]

Representatives Smith and Bacon and Senators Hirono and Collins Lead Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Close Loophole and Grant Citizenship to International Adoptees [AdamSmith.house.gov]

Congress Introduces the Adoptee Citizenship Act of 2024 [Adoptees United]

FAQ: Child Citizenship Act of 2000 [travel.state.gov]

Adam Crapser: Adoption to Deportation to living in Mexico [YouTube]

International adoption leads to family health mysteries for Minnesotans [Sahan Journal]


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