More South Korean adoptees who were sent overseas demand probes into their cases
Nearly 400 South Koreans sent as children to families in the West want an inquiry, saying their adoptions were marred by fake documents that changed child identities or falsely declared them orphans.
by The Associated Press
Dec 09, 2022
2 minutes
Nearly 400 South Koreans adopted as children by families in the West have requested South Korea's Truth and Reconciliation Commission investigate their adoptions through Friday's application deadline, as Seoul faces growing pressure to reckon with a child export frenzy driven by dictatorships that ruled the country until the 1980s.
The commission on Thursday said it decided to investigate 34 cases among the 51 adoptees who first
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