South Korea's legacy of orphan adoption and the violation of adoptees' rights to know their origins
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3394425 |
|---|---|
| Authors | K E Lee (0000-0002-2530-7338, Human Rights Beyond Borders, Seoul, South Korea, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 235-251 |
| Publication date | 2022-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Childhood (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0907-5682 • E-ISSN: 1461-7013 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/09075682221090823 |
| OpenAlex | W4225139441 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 7 |
South Korea experienced international scrutiny over its irregular intercountry adoption practices in the 1980s. However, it eventually came to be viewed as a model of transparent and efficient adoptions. This façade disguises an orphan adoption system that has become entrenched over the decades. Today, adoptees continue to lobby for their right to origins. This paper explores South Korea's laws and policies, which nullified the rights of adoptees, and it calls for receiving countries to assume co-responsibility to restore these rights
Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Human rights · Political science · Scrutiny · Sociology · Asian Industrial and Economic Development · Child Welfare and Adoption · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Law
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |