Western nations were desperate for Korean babies. Now many adoptees believe they were stolen
Western governments ignored widespread fraud in South Korean adoptions and sometimes pressured the country to keep the kids ...
Travis King, Army soldier who ran into North Korea, pleads guilty to desertion
After accepting the plea deal, the judge sentenced King to one year of confinement, however, because of the time he has ...
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Adoption fraud separated generations of Korean families
As the plane descended into Seoul, Robert Calabretta swaddled himself in a blanket, his knees tucked into his chest like a baby in the womb. A single tear ran down his cheek. The 34-year-old felt like ...
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 ...
Korean War soldier from Grant will be amongst those honored at upcoming ceremony
More than 70 years after he disappeared, Thomas Smith's remains returned home in August. Now, his family has new reason to ...
ROK-U.S. alliance needs public diplomacy, information campaign aimed at North Korea
South Korea and the United States must create a public diplomacy and information campaign aimed at North Korea to support the ...
Widespread adoption fraud separated generations of 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 ...
Rampant adoption fraud separated generations of South Korean children from families
The investigation, in collaboration with Frontline (PBS), was based on interviews with more than 80 adoptees and drew on more ...
Adoption fraud separated generations of South Korean children from their families, AP finds
South Korea’s government, Western countries and adoption agencies supplied 200,000 Korean children to parents overseas, ...
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“Who Am I, Then?”
Rebecca Kimmel is pictured as a child in a family photo. “It was embarrassing for me as a kid ‘cause my parents were going to lug out all the photo albums and tell me the same stories again and again, ...