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‘South Korea’s Adoption Reckoning’ Reporters & Director Spotlight How Western Demand Played A Role in the Korean Adoption Boom

The filmmaker and reporters of "South Korea's Adoption Reckoning" documentary talk about how their reporting challenges some Korean and Western assumptions about international adoption, and how the practice is now facing a reckoning.

The Associated Press on MSN · 1d

Takeaways from AP’s story on the role of the West in widespread fraud with South Korean adoptions

Western governments eagerly approved and even pushed for the adoption of South Korean children for decades, despite evidence that adoption agencies were aggressively competing for kids, pressuring mothers and bribing hospitals,

Oregonian · 13h

Widespread adoption fraud separated generations of Korean children from their families

She believes the government of France — along with many Western nations — allowed families to “mail order children” through international adoption, and did nothing to protect them. “They were reckless,

US Soldier Who Fled to North Korea Is Free

US soldier who fled to North Korea sentenced for desertion

Travis King, the US soldier who fled from South to North Korea last year before being returned home, has been sentenced to one year of confinement and dishonourably discharged from the military. He faced charges including desertion in July 2023 and assault of a non-commissioned officer.

ABC 7 Chicago · 3h

Travis King, Army soldier who ran into North Korea, pleads guilty to desertion

After accepting the plea deal, the judge sentenced King to one year of confinement, however, because of the time he has already served in pre-trial confinement and credit for good behavior, King is free.

Bloomberg on MSN · 8h

US Soldier Who Bolted to North Korea Pleads Guilty to Desertion

A US Army soldier who ran across a border into North Korea from the South pleaded guilty to five charges including desertion and disobeying an officer, receiving a sentence of confinement for a year,

GOLF.com on MSN23h

How to describe South Korea’s golf courses? Unique, elusive and very, very exclusive

The best South Korean tracks are typically outside of Seoul, where they capitalize on the country’s uncommon beauty and ...

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North Korea launches fresh wave of trash balloons toward South Korea

North Korea launched a fresh wave of “trash balloons" toward its southern neighbors Wednesday night, according to local media ...

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South Korea removed 1,300 cameras from its military bases after discovering they're designed to feed back to a Chinese server

South Korea's military removed 1,300 cameras from its bases after discovering they were Chinese and could connect to a server ...

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Exclusive-South Korea's Yoon confident Czech nuclear plant deal will be completed despite legal concerns

South Korea is confident it can overcome any obstacles to a multi-billion dollar project to build a nuclear plant in the ...

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A Stock Trader’s Guide to South Korea’s Upcoming Value-Up Index

Investors are looking for potential stock-market winners from South Korea’s launch of the Value-Up Index, a key plank of the ...

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A millennial couple who moved to South Korea says $400 a month for full-time childcare is a huge perk

The South Korean government has invested billions of dollars in an effort to entice more people to have kids, including a ...

GOLF.com on MSN3d

Why South Korea’s corporate spending on golf is good news for the game

South Korea has soared to become one of the golfiest nations on earth, rivaling even the U.S. Its residents’ almost viral ...

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South Korea was the world’s biggest ‘baby exporter.’ New evidence shows some mothers were forced to give up children

South Korea has for decades been known as the world’s largest “baby exporter” – sending hundreds of thousands of children ...

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South Korea arrests trainee doctor over 'blacklist' of non-striking colleagues

The head of the Korean Medical Association (KMA), South Korea's leading doctors' body, met with the detained trainee at a ...

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