HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The number of international adoptions has plummeted to its lowest point in 15 years, a steep decline attributed largely to crackdowns against baby-selling, a sputtering world ...

FILE - Anna Singer, a Swedish expert leading the country's investigation into its international adoption practices, speaks during an interview in Seoul, South Korea, March 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Ahn ...

John McCollum is a co-founder and executive director of Asia’s Hope, a Columbus, Ohio-based nonprofit organization that provides family-style care for orphaned and abandoned children in Cambodia, ...

Maze Felix and Katelyn Monaco, both Chinese adoptees, felt mixed emotions after China confirmed earlier this month that international adoptions would no longer continue. After China announced earlier ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. As an adoptee during China’s one-child policy, I’ve always understood and appreciated ...

A Swedish commission recommended Monday that international adoptions be stopped after an investigation found a series of abuses and fraud dating back decades. Sweden is the latest country to examine ...

Through documentaries and dramatizations, the Natalia Grace Barnett case highlights the intersection of international adoption, developmental disorders and family systems under extraordinary stress.

Baby-selling concerns in Vietnam leave many Americans hoping to adopt in limbo. HANOI, Vietnam May 15, 2008— -- Limbo looks like this: a tidy one-room apartment decorated with baby toys and just ...

Results of a government probe into Sweden's adoption practices prompted its lead investigator to call for a halt to all international adoptions, domestic media reported. "There have been ...

STOCKHOLM (AP) — A Swedish commission recommended Monday that international adoptions be stopped after an investigation found a series of abuses and fraud dating back decades. Sweden is the latest ...

As an adoptee during China’s one-child policy, I’ve always understood and appreciated the value that international adoption can bring, especially as a response to child welfare crises and changing ...