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A South Korean Mother Sues the Government and an Agency over the Adoption of Her Missing Son

A 72-year-old mother, Choi Young-ja, has filed a lawsuit against South Korea's government and its largest adoption agency over the forced adoption of her son to Norway without her consent.
Choi has searched for her son for nearly fifty years, reuniting with him in 2023.
Her lawsuit alleges that the government failed to identify her son after he arrived at an orphanage, despite her immediate police report.
The civil suit alleges that the government failed in its legal duty to identify Choi's son after he arrived at an orphanage, despite her police report.

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Svenska Dagbladet

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Her Son Was Kidnapped – and Sent to Norway

A 72-year-old woman is suing the South Korean government and the country's largest adoption agency after her three-year-old son was picked up from the street and adopted without his parents' knowledge or consent.

11 hours ago·Stockholm, Sweden

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Her Daughter Was Missing for 44 Years: How They Were Reunited

"He told me, I'm going to go play with my friends. When I came back, he had disappeared," recalls Han Tae-soon, who was reunited with her child, against all odds, almost half a century later.

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Mom Sues After Learning Her Missing Son Was Adopted Out of South Korea

A 72-year-old mother has filed a lawsuit against South Korea’s government and its largest adoption agency, alleging systematic failures in her forced separation from her toddler son who was sent to Norway without her consent. The post Mom Sues After Learning Her Missing Son Was Adopted Out of South Korea appeared first on FRONTLINE.

21 hours ago·Washington, United States

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