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4:55 lol, my story is very similar. My parents were splitting up and my grandmother (Dad's side) took me to the orphanage. Had more issues about growing up as the only Asian kid with mostly white people than being adopted. When I got to college age, I was kinda proud of my story. That I was left on the street and with only my name and birthday. But, my mom's family is huge! They tried to get me back (what I've been told), but it was "complicated". Never really pressed further. Knowing more information doesn't change the past. No biggie for me.
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lol, people have real lives with families. They don't have time to learn a new language as an adult. Translation apps work fine, but they don't work with phone calls.
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Governments should have some responsibility of verifying information, making sure there is an accurate paper trail and creating some type of program for future adoptees.
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@Esther-32013 Yeah, my Dad's mother did the same thing. Pretty annoying since my Mom had many siblings. Someone could have taken care of me.
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lol, why are people that aren't adopted commenting?
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@Gyvie-marie Dude - you need to re-read what I said. And, please. Don't correct people or give out information as fact unless you've done more than some basic research. There is a time curve on the accuracy of adoption data on paperwork. And like I said, she's right on the edge when paperwork started to get cleaned up.
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Canada and the US are blessed to have favorable geography and limited hostile threats near their population centers.
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No definitive date, but by the late '90s, Korea got their house in order. Paperwork is much better. Gets murky the earlier the adoption. Paperwork is a mess. Things were more sketchy etc.
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Well, now it's the opposite in Korea. Barely anyone gets adopted overseas. Kids just grow up in orphanages / group homes which are private, but government funded. And, that life ain't pretty either.
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@maxim3830 lol, yelling from the cheapseats eh? Have you been to the orphanages in Korea?
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@maxim3830 If you spend any extended time working with kids in the Korean orphanages + can do a bit of math, you don't eliminate options for these kids. Politely, it's annoying when people live in utopia and don't understand real world lives and how things work.
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@maxim3830 Separate point: Kids are way smarter these days. The new wave aka Chinese girls have adjusted way better than the Korean wave. You know what they have? THE INTERNET. Parents have the internet. They have FB groups. Actual experts in the field now that advise parents on international adoptions. I used to volunteer once a year and talk to adoptive families about my adoptive experience. The parents were very engaged on making sure they were addressing pitfalls. My parents took me back to the adoption agency summer party? once a year when I was really young. And, they took me to the Korean festival annually. And, that was it. That's all they knew what to do. And, both of my parents were educators.
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This is why Ukraine is so important. Need to send a message to other mafia style leaders. Putin is just a 2 bit thief. CCP China is the same. They don't care about Taiwan. They want to steal TSMC and control semi-production. If Taiwan was a dirt poor country, zero chance they would invade.
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@maxim3830 I get it. They are part foster care / part orphanages. It's a moot point since kids with parents haven't gotten a release form to be adopted. They were very strict about that even in the mid-2010s. The system has way way more guardrails today. Way way more "qualifications" for the adoptive families. Any kid that goes through the orphanages has maybe a 5-10% chance of getting an above average opportunity in life. The odds are way higher for an international adoption. (And, I was lucky to go to orphanages where the "owner" and workers were extremely nice and caring.) The goal ain't to empty orphanages. It's trying to get kids a better life. What's wrong with you dude?
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@maxim3830 You remind me of the climate change people. No dude, we still have to use gas and oil. I'm for all of the above approach. Do everything possible to help out kids. International adoption considering ROK has some of the strongest checks and balances should be an option. Nothing should be eliminated from the toolkit. I genuinely believe the 200-300 kids per year getting adopted internationally are getting a "chance" at a better life. My viewpoints come strictly for the kids. Was visiting an orphanage regularly and a set group of kids. All the sudden, we had this random baby to care of. No known parents. My Korean wasn't great, so I couldn't understand the full details. Or you see how kids are basically taking care of kids in the orphanage. And, think. Well, that's not great. The language barrier was tough for me, but even worse was the mental side of it. F'd with my emotions every time on the way home on the train back to my apartment. (And you ask too many questions that are silly and irrelevant. Of course the government can't support all single parents in Korea or any country. Come on and join the real world.)
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You are right on the edge where paperwork was getting better. If you have paperwork on your adoption, you have a good starting point. You'll be able to get "some" answers.
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Best place to start is with "GOAL Korea". They are based in Korea and run by adoptees.
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