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South Korea vows to end foreign adoptions as UN presses Seoul to address past abuses
South Korea will phase out foreign adoptions by 2029, reducing approvals from 2,000 in 2005 to 24 in 2025, following UN calls for reparations and truth-finding.
- The South Korean government approved a five-year child welfare blueprint on December 26, aiming to phase out foreign adoptions by 2029, prioritising domestic adoption.
- Following a U.N. release on Friday, pressure mounted on Seoul to address decades of fraud and abuse in overseas adoptions, especially during the 1970s and 1980s.
- The truth commission recognised Yooree Kim and 55 other adoptees as victims after a nearly three‑year investigation into 13 complaints, with Kim alleging abuse in France in 1984.
- Under the new framework the government will oversee the entire adoption process with the Welfare Ministry as central authority, allowing overseas adoptions only in exceptional cases coordinated with foreign governments and the Hague Convention ratified.
- Officials say reparations depend on future legislation as the South Korean government offers no new plan to clear falsified records blocking adoptees, while the truth commission faces internal disputes.
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