Should we really expect reasonable arguments for an unreasonable case?

South Korea relaunches truth commission with focus on adoption fraud South Korea has relaunched a fact-finding commission into its past human rights violations, with a key focus on the extensive fraud and malfeasance that corrupted the nation’s historic foreign adoptio...

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Lies were told about who they were. Now these South Korean ‘orphans’ are reclaiming their truth A system built on demand and stigma sent more than 200,000 Korean children overseas. CNA’s One “Orphan” Every Hour follows adoptees as they retrace fragmented pasts, find lost siblings and uncover lon...

My brother is living proof that I come from somewhere, and we are not alone in this world. #adoption 🥚 www.channelnewsasia.com/cna-insider/...

Adult adoptees understand the difference between privacy and secrecy. I don't post my adoptive parents' social security numbers, IDs, or passwords. Why do people assume I would treat my original family’s sensitive information with less care?

I'm proud of him for tryin' to clean up his life after breaking into the liquor store. Looking forward to seeing him graduate!

if you don’t like the idea that #adoptees are treated as other people’s property—despite there being a $34 billion market in children—then maybe we can agree that adoptees’ legal identities are other people’s property. “I want a child to call my own.” OK, here’s a piece of paper that proves it

🚨URGENT THING: If you live in VA, please send an email TODAY to senators who voted yes today. We hopefully just need one more push to get this done. It will be heard again tomorrow

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HB 301 will give VA-born adopted people the right to access their original birth certs.

I'm apparently old enough to be collecting dust and something else...

Sorry, I'm drawing a blank.

Yoon Suk Yeol: How South Korea's democracy rallied after martial law order Yoon Suk Yeol's life sentence for insurrection "offers a rare example of democratic resilience", experts say.

And the martial law guy was sentenced to life in prison for insurrection.
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Commission's mandate renewed. More bureaucracy. Some logistics.

TRC is now continuing investigation and accepting new cases.

Link to submission guides here:
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First TRC report released. Only a few cases resolved; majority delayed indefinitely. Commission's mandate expires.

New administration takes office. Policy and budget debates at the National Assembly. Opposition party filibuster. TRC renewal finally moves from committee to floor vote.

Martial law delayed the first report.

A new Truth and Reconciliation Commission Chair was appointed by the former President a few days after declaring martial law.

There were massive protests over the martial law declaration itself. President impeached. Citizens vote.

Will do the best I can, but the world timeline is nuttier than squirrels right now 🐿.

My adoptive parents read me an adoption storybook with illustrations of children in a pet store window and a gumball machine.

Let's play a game! Guess who has more legal protections. Is it:
A. a human baby?
B. a puppy?
or C. Bubble Yum?

After three generations of pew pew drills (millennial, Z, alpha), she's right. We've normalized it.

Looking forward to watching movies and wearing my favorite shoes in peace 🇰🇷

One of the few known pre-adoption baby photos of Nayoung Jung (aka. Mary Bowers). Estimated age 4 months

Photos of 16 Korean born adoptees as babies and children, prior to being sent overseas - many with falsified identity records. Published by Hankyoreh

Sweetest baby, Nayoung 🌸. You will grow up to be so proud of the woman you'll become one day. She will seek truth and justice. She will be the protector you always needed. I promise, she will return for you. And she loves you very, very much 💔

“입양이라는 인신매매, 수령국 자료 확인하면 입체적 조사될 것” [안녕 진화위⑱] ‘안녕’은 작별이자 환영의 인사다. 5년간 과거사 조사기구로 활동해온 2기 진실·화해를위한과거사정리위원회(진실화해위 또는 진화위)가 지난해 11월26일 역사 속으로 사라지고, 오는 2월26일 제3기 진실화해위가 출범

“입양이라는 인신매매, 수령국 자료 확인하면 입체적 조사될 것”
"Human trafficking through adoption will be investigated in detail if data from the recipient country is verified."
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a blurred image of a desert landscape with trees and bushes Alt: A lone tumbleweed is blown across the desert without a destination

I feel more like a tumbleweed than part of a tree 🥚

Archivists around the world are invited to join ongoing advocacy efforts to preserve historical adoption records in Korea. Your expertise, integrity, and care help safeguard truth and inspire future generations. earsonncrc.org

입양기록물 방사선 소독 적절?…권익위 들여다본다 보건복지부 산하 공공기관인 아동권리보장원이 국가 중요 기록물인 입양기록물을 소독하는 과정에서 부적절한 자문 및 위법방식을 강행하려 했다는 의혹과 관련해 국민권익위원회와 한국원자력연구원이 정식 조사에 착수했다. 서울

I just wanted my adoption records 🥚. Now I guess I'm becoming the Hulk? Archival science is wild. naver.me/GntZxp4e

Adoptees are mirrors that reflect the emotions of our adoptive parents. In it, many parents see their own suppressed anger around infertility. Society hails adopters as heroes, though some honestly feel like they failed at making a family. Why would they feel grateful for that?

Dehumanization in a make believe world makes people more tolerant of mistreatment IRL.

The National Council for Adoption has millions of dollars, reflecting the lopsided “demand side” of the industry: affluent hopeful adopters.

Birthmothers, by contrast, repeatedly tell us that if they had even a little more financial stability, they could have chosen to keep their children. +

Labeled an "Orphan", She Discovers a Biological Brother 23 Years Younger. Is It Too Late? YouTube video by CNA Insider

Whether from war, trafficking, immigration policy, or plenary adoption, involuntary family separation is a wound that lasts a lifetime.

Sending courage to parents searching and hope to children missing them. May you find strength to keep moving toward reunion and safety.
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Resources Guidebook on Korean Citizenship Status for Adopted Koreans Adoptee Mental Health Guide

If you or an adoptee you care about has questions about vital records or proof of citizenship, this guide may help.

While written with Korean adoptees in mind, Appendices D and E are useful for all internationally adopted Americans.

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To Adoptive Parents and Policymakers: International adoption cannot be separated from our immigration policy. 🥚

California SB381 just passed the Senate (CA-born adult adoptee access to their original birth certificates)

On to the House next LFG!!!

Though Australia has apologized for indigenous adoptions, human rights abuses related to international and other forms of domestic adoption have not yet been acknowledged. Please continue to listen to Australian adoptees and amplify their voices.

🚨🚨VA RESIDENTS: Want to do some advocacy from home this weekend?

HB301 will give VA-born adopted people the right to access their original birth certificates and will be heard by the full VA House **before Fri 1/30**.

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