Her greatest fear, dormant for decades, came rushing back in an instant: had she adopted and raised a kidnapped child? Peg Reif’s daughter, adopted from South Korea in the 1980s, had sent her a link ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A 72-year-old mother has filed a lawsuit against South Korea’s government and its largest adoption agency, alleging systematic failures in her forced separation from her ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A 52-year-old woman who was adopted to a French family in 1984 without her biological parents’ consent has filed for compensation from South Korea’s government, citing how ...

Health and Welfare Minister Jeong Eun-kyeong speaks at a meeting on adoption policy at the National Center for the Rights of the Child in Jung District, central Seoul, on Sept. 17. [NEWS1] Korea has ...

A recent report from South Korean authorities acknowledging abuse and fraud in the country’s adoption system confirmed what Alice Stephens has known firsthand. The Korean adoptee now in her late 50s ...

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's government investigation into human rights violations in past international adoptions, which led to a landmark admission of government responsibility in March, has ...

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 ...