AP Exclusive: Abusive S. Korean facility exported children
BUSAN, South Korea (AP) — A notorious South Korean facility that kidnapped, abused and enslaved children and the disabled for a generation was also shipping children overseas for adoption, part of a massive profit-seeking enterprise that thrived by exploiting those trapped within its walls, The Asso
Evangelical Adoption Movement in Free Fall: Devastated Parents, Families
Evangelical Christians once were pioneers in international adoptions and foster care. A "tsunami" of mentally ill and violent children now derails the movement.
After Receiving a 20-Year-Old Letter, Woman Discovers the T...
Kati Pohler always knew she was adopted. This hasn't kept her from leading a happy, fulfilling life any American teen would dream having. Her adoptive parents were open about her adoption, and didn't keep anything away from their little girl. Well, almost anything… There was one small secret that had been kept from Kati her entire life – a letter that her birth parents had written for her that contained a special request. The Pohlers wanted their daughter to have a normal, happy childhood, and they certainly didn't mean to burden her with the painful truth about her difficult start at life. So they made a decision: Kati would not receive the letter until she went to college. But Katie had grown up, and it was now time to reveal the truth. She was about to face one of the biggest decisions of her life. Would she fulfil her birth parents' request from all those years ago?
Chilean boy stolen at birth hugs mother for first time in 42 years
Jimmy Thyden's journey to find the birth family he never knew began after he read stories about Chilean-born adoptees being reunited with their birth relatives.
Paper Orphans: Giving a voice to children stolen for illicit adoptions
Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom was in her 30s when she discovered her adoption had been illegal, and her first mother was still alive. Now, she's giving a voice to other 'paper orphans'.
Child trafficking scandal under the guise of adoption: 'I was kidnapped and sold'
BBC News Indonesia menelusuri berbagai kota di Indonesia dan di Belanda, untuk mengurai skandal adopsi ilegal yang melibatkan lebih dari 3.000 anak Indonesia ke Belanda di masa lalu dalam seri siniar terbaru.
Adult Adoptees’ Perspective on Interracial Adoption - Nightlight
The Debate on Interracial Adoption: Since the 1970s, there have been debates in America on whether children of one race should be adopted by parents of another. One camp argues that children adopted interracially lose their sense of identity and culture, while the other claims that regardless of rac
Low cost international adoption - is it possible? What you need to keep in mind is that even a low cost adoption that takes place overseas is going to cost at least $12,000 when you consider all costs.
Concerns: INTRODUCTION • Risks for the children include development of: • Psychosocial • Emotional • Cultural • Data/ Research from Transracial Adoptees in the Media: 1986-1996 • (Print-media-reported interviews with adult transracial adoptees) • Results: • Problems with
Adopting a child from a different race will undoubtedly bring a unique set of challenges. However, having an open mind will transform these challenges into joyo
In South Korea, young mothers pressured to give up babies for adoption, documentary shows
Filmmaker Sun Hee Engelstoft is one of about 200,000 South Koreans to have been adopted overseas during the past six decades, mainly to white parents in America and Europe.