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Country announces it will end foreign adoptions after claims of fraud and abuse

Tens of thousands of South Korean children have been adopted overseas

The Independent UK · Dec 26, 2025

South Korea vows to end foreign adoptions as UN presses Seoul to address past abuses

South Korea’s government says it plans to end the waning foreign adoptions of Korean children

The Independent UK · Dec 26, 2025

Woman seeks compensation from South Korea over her forced adoption to France in 1984

A South Korean woman adopted to France in 1984 without her parents' consent is seeks compensation from South Korea's government

The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2025

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South Korea, world’s largest ‘baby exporter’, accused of human rights violations to meet adoption demand

Truth and Reconciliation Commission finds decades of illegal overseas adoption enabled by government negligence

The Independent UK · Mar 27, 2025

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 coming, an investigation led by The Associated Press has found

The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2024

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