Note:
*While this website is mostly geared toward Adoptees who were adopted through the Korean Adoption Agency Korea Social Service (KSS), there is also information here which is relevant to ALL Korean Adoptees, regardless of their Korean Adoption Agency. Please read carefully to note what info. is purely relevant to KSS Adoptees and what is generally relevant to ALL Korean Adoptees.
Korean Adoption History.
We can’t go into everything about Korean Adoption history here, but there are a few basic facts which KSS Adoptees should know about Korean Adoption history generally in order to understand their own adoptions in context. For a deeper understanding of Korean Adoption History, we recommend checking out our section “Resources for Adoptees”.
See the History of Adoption in Korea here on the KAS website:
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One thing it is helpful to understand is that in the decade of the 1970s, 1976 was the peak year of Korean adoption.
In the decade of the 1980s, 1988 was the peak year of Korean adoption. Adoption declined in Korea significantly after 1988 due to the international criticism which S. Korea received about being a “baby exporter”.
For a general overview of Korean Adoption, see the article International adoption of South Korean children on Wikipedia here.
We will add more links and info. here in the future.