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South Korea Reveals Shocking Adoption Exploitation Past

3/26/2025

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South Korea's Truth and Reconciliation Commission has unveiled a troubling past, revealing the government's role in a foreign adoption program that exploited vulnerable children during the 1970s and 1980s. The report, detailing 56 cases of human rights violations marked by fraud and negligence, calls for an official apology and urgent reforms to support the affected adoptees.

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South Korea's Truth and Reconciliation Commission has unveiled a troubling past, revealing the government's role in a foreign adoption program that exploited vulnerable children during the 1970s and 1980s. The report, detailing 56 cases of human rights violations marked by fraud and negligence, calls for an official apology and urgent reforms to support the affected adoptees.