Adoptees seek full access to their family records in South Korea

South Korean adoptees from Western nations have protested outside Seoul’s presidential office, demanding full access to their records and better efforts to trace their biological families. Those efforts are often derailed by inaccurate or falsified files, and South Korea is considering an overhaul of its long-maligned post-adoption policies.

The adoptee groups called on Seoul to expand DNA testing and matching services and broaden access to administrative and residential records to improve family searches. They also demanded new investigations into the manipulation of adoption records and child origins and wrongful child-parent separations that marred South Korea’s historic adoption program, along with clearer paths for reparations.

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