South Korea, adoption
Takeaways from AP’s story on the role of the West in widespread fraud with South Korean adoptions
Western governments ignored widespread fraud in South Korean adoptions and sometimes pressured the country to keep the kids coming, an investigation led by The Associated Press has found.
‘South Korea’s Adoption Reckoning’ Reporters & Director Spotlight How Western Demand Played A Role in the Korean Adoption Boom
The filmmaker and reporters of "South Korea's Adoption Reckoning" documentary talk about how their reporting challenges some Korean and Western assumptions about international adoption, and how the practice is now facing a reckoning.
Rampant adoption fraud separated generations of South Korean children from their families, AP finds
The South Korean government, Western countries and adoption agencies worked in tandem to satiate intense demand for adoptable babies in the West, despite years of evidence they were being procured through questionable or downright unscrupulous means,
South Korean adoptees confronted with country’s decades-long adoption fraud, investigation finds
For adoptees who have looked into their roots, the inaccurate information has led to mistaken reunions, swapped identities and forgotten histories, according to an Associated Press investigation.
Adoption fraud separated generations of South Korean children from their families, AP finds
The South Korean government, Western countries and adoption agencies worked in tandem to satiate intense demand for adoptable babies in the West, despite years of evidence they were being procured through questionable or downright unscrupulous means,
North Korea, Seoul
Exclusive-South Korea's Yoon confident Czech nuclear plant deal will be completed despite legal concerns
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US soldier accused of assaulting South Korean taxi driver after disputing $50 fare
Police plan to recommend assault charges against a US soldier accused of throwing a 73-year-old taxi driver to the ground.
A Stock Trader’s Guide to South Korea’s Upcoming Value-Up Index
Investors are looking for potential stock-market winners from South Korea’s launch of the Value-Up Index, a key plank of the ...
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South Korea’s Financial Services Commission Supports Second Phase of Crypto Legislation
Korean FSC pledges support for second-phase crypto legislation, focusing on regulations aligning with global standards for ...
Western nations were desperate for Korean babies. Now many adoptees believe they were stolen
The Korean adoptee diaspora of around 200,000 children is thought to be the largest in the world. At the peak in the 1970s ...
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Kimchi threat as heatwave drives up South Korea cabbage prices
An unprecedented heat wave across South Korea has driven up the price of cabbages, data revealed Friday, with the vegetable ...
Former envoy Joseph R. DeTrani: Danger of nuclear war with North Korea greater than ever
The danger that North Korea will set off a nuclear war in Northeast Asia poses the most serious threat to peace in the region ...
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8 ways South Korean golf course etiquette differs from the U.S.
In the golf-obsessed nation of South Korea, golf etiquette is unlike what you'll experience in the U.S. Here are eight major ...