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Learn about suicide risks and mental health challenges facing Korean adoptees, from Complex PTSD and ambiguous loss to clinical studies and support groups.

A complete annual timeline of South Korean intercountry adoptions (1953–present): explore placement data by country, historical phases, and primary datasets.

Examine government responses to South Korean adoption fraud: state inquiries, formal apologies, agency shutdowns, and origin-search support across 5 nations.

A comprehensive guide to TRC Korea’s adoption inquiry examines key findings, victim rulings, state obligations, international responses, and research sources.

Korean adoptee shadow files refer to duplicate, unredacted, or confidential domestic records maintained internally by South Korean adoption agencies that were systematically withheld from foreign adoptive parents, overseas partner agencies, and adult adoptees. During the peak transnational adoption era (1970s–1990s), South Korea’s "Big Four" agencies—Holt Children’s Services, Social Welfare Society (SWS/KWS), Korea Social Service (KSS), and Eastern Social Welfare Society (ESW

Explore the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's findings on how private Korean agencies obtained fraudulent child relinquishments during the peak intercountry adoption decades.

Mapping the Korean adoption pipeline in America: church recruitment, major placement hubs in Minnesota and the Heartland, and the role of local agencies.

Explore the history of the "baby plane"—the logistics, volunteer escorts, and industrial pipeline that transported 200,000 Korean adoptees across the globe.

A deep dive into South Korea’s Big Four adoption agencies—Holt, SWS, KSS, and ESWS. Learn how they operated, their current status, and cited research.