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Relationships
fromSlate Magazine
18 hours ago

Help! I Think I Was a Horrible Friend in High School. Years Later, I'm Ready to Repent.

Reaching out to a former Korean adoptee friend with empathy and humility can be meaningful, but proceed cautiously to avoid unintentionally causing pain.
#south-korea
Film
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Child of Their Time: The emotional cost of international adoptions

International adoption in the 1970s caused lasting family trauma, estrangement, and regret as individuals confront psychological scars and shifting national policies.
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

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

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
US politics
Mental health
fromBuzzFeed
1 month ago

I Was 3 When I Watched My Father Kill My Mother And Himself. Years Later, I Uncovered The Truth.

Early childhood exposure to familial violence, international adoption, and colorblind parenting disrupted coherent cultural identity formation across Bulgarian and Iraqi heritages.
fromThe Washington Post
2 months ago

He knows he was adopted from South Korea. The rest is a troubling mystery.

The report identifies severe shortcomings in the South Korean adoption system, highlighting that some children were taken without consent and provided with false birth names and fabricated backgrounds.
Miscellaneous
#child-trafficking
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago
UK news

Sweden urged to ban international adoption after damning inquiry findings

Sweden must ban international adoption and apologize for its historical violations regarding the illegal and unethical adoption of children from various countries.
fromwww.thelocal.se
4 months ago
UK news

Swedish inquiry calls for official state apology to international adoptees

Sweden is urged to ban international adoptions and establish a national center to support adoptees amid concerns over child trafficking.
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