NEW YORK, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) – A U.S. school for children with disabilities said Sunday it will dedicate a statue next week in memory of a South Korean boy murdered by his American adoptive father. The Linwood Center, located in Howard County, the U.S. state of Maryland, said on its website that it will [...]
PAJU, South Korea, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) – A park for mixed-race Korean adoptees sent abroad in the years after the 1950-53 Korean War will be built inside a former U.S. military base on the outskirts of Seoul, officials said Wednesday. The park named “Mother’s bosom” in Korean will be constructed in Paju, some 30 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean adoptees from around the world gathered in Seoul on Tuesday for a large-scale meeting designed to help them connect with their roots, organizers said. More than 600 people, including adoptees and their families, opened the fifth IKAA Gathering at a Seoul hotel under the theme “Connecting Communities and [...]
CHUNCHEON, Nov.19 (Korea Bizwire) – Twenty-two military dogs that used to play an active role in army operations have started new lives as pets after their retirement. An event to unite retired military dogs with new families was held at the First Republic of Korea Army (FROKA) base in Chuncheon on November 18. This is [...]
“I fully respect that now Korea is a first world country and that the people who live here, they should be able to take care of the children that are born here.” “Korea made a decision to decrease the number of intercountry adoptions every year. But we understand now that while the number of intercountry [...]