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Overseas adoption in Korea
Jae Yoon Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2009;52(4):410-416.   Published online April 15, 2009
In Korea, overseas adoption has been practiced for more than 50 years. Initially, overseas adoption began with the objective to provide permanent homes for Korean war orphans, including mixed-blood children. From 1953 to 2007, about 160,000 Korean children were placed worldwide through overseas adoption and approximately 70,000 children were adopted in Korea. During that period, Korea developed into one of...


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