“I can’t think of any other groups of trauma survivors who are told to be grateful for that traumatic experience,” one expert said.

China ended its international adoption program in September, leaving families in the middle of applications in limbo.

From the 1960s through the 1980s in Chile, about 20,000 babies were stolen from their mothers and placed in adoptions outside the country. The mothers were young and poor. Some were indigenous. They were lied to, often being told their babies died at birth.

Rumors of stolen children adopted by unsuspecting parents circulated in international adoption circles for decades. And now a recent report confirms they're true. Nearly 30 years ago, Marjie Alonso adopted two boys from Paraguay. "I need to take a hard look at the families I dismantled to build my own."

The horrors of Romania's orphanages shocked the world after communism collapsed in 1989, when images emerged of emaciated children living in wretched conditions. Today, some of those adopted by families abroad are returning to Romania for answers and justice.

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.

An exclusive investigation uncovers how State Department officials uncovered systemic corruption in the Vietnamese adoption system -- and how they struggled to do something about…

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

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When my husband and I first started our adoption journey, I must confess we had no idea where to beg...

Adopting a child from another country can be a powerful way to share God's love. And it's easier than you think.

Revealed: Members of alleged illegal adoption gang that sold babies to Italy keep high-profile jobs despite charges

If parents are unable to take care of their children, the latter may end up in foster care. But what if the authorities believe that the couple will never be able to take care of their children? Such a case may end up in forced adoption.

Thousands of children born to victims of rape during Bangladesh’s war of independence in 1971 were adopted by foreign families. Now, many want to discover their roots

For years, Bibi Hasenaar felt rejected because she was adopted aged four. Then she saw a photo that described her as missing – and began to uncover an astonishing dark history

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?

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.

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'.

For years, Bibi Hasenaar felt rejected because she was adopted aged four. Then she saw a photo that described her as missing – and began to uncover an astonishing dark history

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In my dreams, I am back in Korea, or trying to go back. There is always the feeling of chasing something lost and the relief of finding it.

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.

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.

Agnès Dherbeys returns to South Korea, from where she and many others were adopted, to meet some of those who were impelled to abandon their children.

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.

The uptick of unaccompanied migrant children at the border is a challenge for agencies having to rebuild gutted systems to shelter them

Here are some of the pros of international adoption.

Some Americans have unknowingly adopted Chinese babies taken from their parents and sold to orphanages. But can the Congress do anything about it?