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The Associated Press

Korean commission finds adoption program rife with abuse, highlighting AP investigation

South Korea Adoptions - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A South Korean commission found the country violated its children’s human rights by facilitating a foreign adoption program rife with fraud and abuse.

The landmark report released Wednesday followed complaints from hundreds of adoptees in Europe, the United States, and Australia, and represented the most comprehensive investigation into a foreign adoption program that sent some 200,000 South Korean children abroad.

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