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	ADOPTION INSTITUTE: SURVEY OF ADULT KOREAN ADOPTEES
		This first generation of Korean adoptees became part of their adoptive families well before international adoption became the broadly accepted practice it became in the 1990s, and the majority of the participants and their adoptive families did not have the benefit of the many resources currently available.
		One adoptee, however, tearfully shared her experience of learning that her birth father, who died just before she returned to Korea, always had a photograph of her in his breast pocket and told anyone who would listen that his daughter was in America and would someday return to Korea to see him.
		Adoptees revealed: "the story on your papers may not be true;" "some kids are abandoned and not loved;" abandonment may not always be the cause for adoption; and there may be papers, such as letters from birth family members, that have been waiting to be read.
	www.adoptioninstitute.org /proed/korfindings.html (10748 words)

	Asian American organizations directory
		Korean Adoptees are not immigrants, because their official parents are not Korean, a fact which nudged Hers out of qualification.
		Overseas Koreans who at once feel tied to their home and connected with the country in which they grew up are faced with what it means to be Korean.
		Adoptees who return to Korea to meet their birth parents and to discover their origins are ultimately seeking what every generation seeks in the nascent adult years: a sense of purpose.
	www.asiansinamerica.org /directory/0000_directory.html (1415 words)

	The Korea Times : Adoptee Sheds Light on Overseas Adoption (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		By analyzing Korean cultural works portraying adoptees and containing references to the adoption issue, the author reveals implications for a nation depicting itself as one extended family that has conversely sent away so many of its own children.
		The adoptive parents are abusing their Korean children and the white population of recipient countries are torturing them with racism and discrimination.
		``Korean media and popular culture homogenize the fate of all adopted Koreans into one stereotypical narrative, instead of acknowledging the group’s multiple and diverse experiences and subjectivities and the fact that there are numerous kinds of overseas Korean adoptees,’’ he said.
	times.hankooki.com /lpage/culture/200605/kt2006050518545610980.htm (763 words)

	A common Thread: Korean Adoptee Networks Growing Worldwide
		The first Korean adoptees were adopted during the aftermath of the Korean War in the mid-1950s.
		Korean adoption boomed, and at the height, 8,837 Korean children were adopted internationally in 1985.
		She first met Koreans when she moved to San Francisco in 1976 and went to Korean restaurants, where she reawakened a strong appetite for Korean food.
	www.iic.edu /IICArchive/MinSok2002/HyunJu.htm (1131 words)

	Advisor Messages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		On that note, the disappointment, anger and confusion that you feel could possibly stem from the circumstance that despite the fact that you are Korean, your Korean roots were denied and replaced with the total assimilation and acceptance of American culture.
		Through this discovery you can restore your sense or pride and importance of your Korean heritage, and I feel that this identity crisis that you are suffering from can become a thing of the past.
		There is a language course available for many Korean adoptees as yourself at Yonsei University's Korean Language Institute.
	www.lifeinkorea.com /advisors/message.cfm?MsgID=29 (632 words)

	Korean ADoptee literature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		When Kim Moo Yong, a Korean orphan boy, is adopted by an American couple and makes the long journey by plane to their house, he finds it a strange and terrifying experience, until he begins to adjust to his new life.
		Written in both Korean and English and charmingly illustrated, this "international adoption fairy tale" is a whimsical and loving account of how children all over the world join their forever families through the help of a special stork named Han.
		Historical and present-day issues affecting intercountry adoptees and their families, such as arguments used to support or oppose intercountry and transracial adoption, developmental delay and the effects of institutionalization on Chinese adoptees, parent-child attachment, discrimination and racial prejudice, and identity development, are detailed.
	www.koreanadoptees.net /literature.html (7235 words)

	Korean ADoptee literature
		The publication of the book is aimed at providing an alternative space for adoptees to express their feelings and to help readers listen to these precious voices with the hope of increasing public understanding and awareness about international adoption from Korea.
		The book is expected to help adoptees in their search for their birth families while helping readers gain something special from the shared experience and emotions of these individual stories.
		These journeys were mediated and nuanced by individual adoptees' particular configurations of internal strengths and environmental factors such as their pre-adoption and adoptive family experiences, cultural norms, and places adoptees lived or visited in Korea, the U.S. or elsewhere abroad.
	www.geocities.com /sunny_jo888/kadliterature.html (2187 words)

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		Around 80 Korean adoptees will experience their motherland this week through a series of events, including a traditional wedding ceremony Tuesday in which a couple will actually tie the knot, organizers said Monday.
		Overseas Korean adoptee artists have returned to their roots to discuss Korea, their mother country by birth, but at the same time the country that abandoned them.
		Hundreds of Koreans adopted by families in countries overseas, including the United States, Canada and Europe, returned this week to their homeland after living abroad their entire lives oblivious to their heritage or background.
	www.koreanherald.com /news/show_news.php?category=6 (825 words)

	Asian Adult Adoptees of Washington
		It is the first time that an adoptee conference of this scale has been held in Korea, and even more important, it has been planned and organized entirely by adoptees for adoptees” was part of the welcome remarks by the Planning Committee, as read by Liselotte Birkmose.
		While other adoptee conferences have met in Korea prior to The Gathering, the number of Korean adoptees in attendance, and the home countries they represent, is unmatched.
		Adoptees with differing backgrounds and experiences were chosen to participate on these panels, so that those attending would have a chance to hear both positive and negative sides of these issues.
	www.aaawashington.org /articles/0412gathering.php (1716 words)

	Asian Adult Adoptees of Washington
		The Overseas Koreans Foundation (OKF) was founded in 1997 to proactively address the dramatic changes in both the type and number of overseas Korean societies, and to promote mutual relations between the societies and Korea.
		Korean Quarterly was formed in 1997 by a group of adopted Koreans, 1.5/2nd and 1st generation Korean Americans and adoptive parents.
		Korean @doptees Worldwide, shortened as K@W is an international organization with the purpose of educating both Korean adoptees and the general public about issues that concern Korea and adoption.
	www.aaawashington.org /a_resources.php (1099 words)

	Adoptee's Struggle Between Finding Herself and Fitting In \| Asian Air True Stories \| GoldSea Asian American Supersite
		The Korean host students were planning on going to Europe to visit their new friends the following summer, and a few of them met their birth parents during the visit and others made some inroads with their searches, but echoed the sentiments expressed by the subjects in the article about being Korean in background only.
		I am also a Korean adoptee and being married to an adoptee, it is extremely complicated and trying at times.
		I also sought after a Korean church and it is extremely rewarding to meet other korean adoptees that have families and we can relate to them.I try to belong to certain korean adoptee organizations and that's very helpful.
	goldsea.com /Air/True/ILF/adoptee.html (2079 words)

	Korean ADoption films
		Documents the personal stories of Korean adoptees who describe their personal feelings toward adoption, their hope for a connection between themselves and their native Koreans, and how their viewpoints changed upon meeting their fraternal families.
		Tracing a Korean adoptee's return to her place of origin, the ideas of homeland and self rise as quickly as they fall, leaving behind only yearning, that strange energy of unfulfilled hope, to linger in the haunting sounds and images of this brave film.
		Told from the point of view of a grown up Korean adoptee looking back at his childhood in the 1950s and 60s when he lived with his crazy white southern parents inside the screen tower of the world's largets drivein theatre on the beach in Florida.
	www.geocities.com /sunny_jo888/kadfilms.html (2959 words)

	KoreaTimes : Korean Adoptee Ties Knot in Traditional Wedding (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The official explained that a 52-year-old Korean adoptee and her 56-year-old American partner, who have lived together in a de facto relationship, will use the showcase event as a chance to officially get married.
		The OKF said about 80 Korean adoptees from nine countries are participating in the seven-day event that began on Sunday in Seoul, Kyonggi and Kangwon provinces.
		Half of the participants were among the 450 people who came to South Korea for the Korean Adoptee Gathering 2004, held in Seoul from Thursday to Sunday, to mark the 50th anniversary of overseas adoption of Korean children.
	times.hankooki.com /lpage/200408/kt2004080916421812070.htm (288 words)

	Korean Adoption Support: Korean Focus
		Instead, we urge birth and adoptive parents to reach out to the adult adoptee community to hear their experiences, and to understand the far-reaching repercussions of the decisions they make on behalf of their young children.
		The IAC is committed to empowering, supporting, and giving voice to all international adoptees and adoptee groups.
		Because adoptees are a part of the ever growing adoption community, we are also committed to working with adoptive families, adoption agencies, and adoption professionals to create and sustain healthy adoptive families for their children.
	www.koreanfocus.org /byandforkads.html (182 words)

	Adoption- Korean American History Online
		Korean adoptions began during the Korean war when many half-Korean, half-American children were abandoned and placed in orphanages.
		The Korean government has taken a great interest in overseas adoptees and created programs to bring adoptees back to Korean and educate them on Korean culture.
		First Person Plural is a documentary about a Korean adoptee returning to meet her birth parents.
	www.kittyconsulting.com /koamhistory/adoption.htm (449 words)

	Korean Student Conference
		A panel discussion about "Korean and Korean-American Studies: Linking Area and Ethnic Studies" will be led by Five College Fellow of Hampshire College Lili Kim and Oberlin College assistant professor of East Asian studies Sheila Jager.
		Author and Korean adoptee, Deann Borshay Liem will lead the discussion regarding the film presentation of her personal documentary, First Person Plural.
		Korean American attorney John Kim and long time unification activist Paul Liem will the panel discussion "The Reunification of Korea: Personal and Political Perspectives".
	www.oberlin.edu /newserv/01feb/korean_student_conference.html (455 words)

	About KAAN
		KAAN works closely with its members, the Korean American community, and the Korean government to promote awareness of Korean adoption issues and develop programs that will benefit both the adoption and Korean communities.
		KAAN is the Korean American Adoptee Adoptive Family Network.
		Adoptees, Adoptive Parents and Korean Americans are involved in this organization, making it a most inclusive organization.
	www.kaanet.com (119 words)

	Korean Adoptees Ministry -- Our Ministry
		Since many Korean young adult adoptees (there are no official statistics, but about one-third of adoptees belong to this group) have suffered from adoption issues and identity crises, so this ministry should find ways to reach out to them, and to provide a welcoming atmosphere in order help them to become children of God.
		A foundation to support Korean adoptees who want to become ministers or youth leaders, especially for at risk-teen adoptees.
		This mission could possibly be extended to the over 150,000 Korean adoptees in the U.S., in partnership with other churches/ presbyteries, and other denominations.
	www.kam3000.org /index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={D0BFC582-5668-4778-B356-5D606C0E3FE0} (810 words)

	P.O.V. - First Person Plural . Resources . Adoptee Resource List \| PBS
		In the United States and abroad, there is a strong movement among Korean adoptees to find and support one another, share and compare stories, and provide educational opportunities and mentorship to younger adoptees.
		The Association of Korean Adoptees (AKA) is a Southern California-based organization whose umbrella covers Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego.
		Since the 1980's, many adult adoptees have been returning to search for birth families, seek connections to Korean culture, language and identity, and to work and live.
	www.pbs.org /pov/pov2000/firstpersonplural/resources_pg1.html (432 words)

	Adopting from Korea - Information for Korean Adoptees
		Since Korean adoptees represent the oldest and largest wave of internationally-born adoptees, it only makes sense that the bulk of memoirs being written in this area are being written by adult Korean adoptees.
		Last, but not least, I'd recommend that both adoptive parents of Korean-born children and Korean adoptees subscribe to Korean Quarterly.
		There are several Korean societies and organizations that have programs, scholarships, and grants for Korean adoptees who wish to spend time in Korea.
	www.adoptkorea.com /For_Adoptees/For_Adoptees.htm (518 words)

	Children's Home Society & Family Services: International & Domestic Adoption Services Agency
		KoRoot is basically founded upon the need to resolve the challenges that the adoptees returning to Korea face, providing them with accommodation and assistance to ease them into Korean society, and to help them enjoy their visit by conducting a number of special events and having necessary resources available during their stay in
		Korean Quarterly is a new non-profit quarterly newspaper, written by and about the Korean American community of the Twin Cities and upper midwest.
		The Vietnamese Adoptee Network (VAN) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that seeks to maximize the Vietnamese adoptee experience in a caring, supportive environment by networking them to other Vietnamese adoptees and community resources.
	www.childrenshomeadopt.org /For_Persons_Adopted_from_Asia2.html (752 words)

	South Korean adoptees start group - Minnesota Daily
		Soon after meeting, eight of the new friends formed the Korean Adoptee Student Organization, creating a place for adoptees to share their experiences.
		South Korean adoptee Mayda Miller, a communications studies senior, performed three songs on guitar at the event.
		Adoptees might experience discrimination in both Korean and American cultures because of racial and cultural stereotypes.
	www.mndaily.com /articles/2006/11/17/69947 (800 words)

	Korean Adoption - Mission to Promote Adoption in Korea (MPAK)
		I was invited as a guest speaker to participate in the event promoting Korean adoption on June 15, 1999.
		I was given the honor to speak on behalf of the 400 adoptees and honored guests who were invited by the Honorable Lee Hong-koo at his residence during the First International Gathering of Korean Adoptees in Washington D.C. on September 11, 1999.
		The purpose of this speech was to communicate to the Ambassador and to all those present there just who we are as adoptees.
	www.mpak.com /HomeEnglish.htm (826 words)

	Holt International Adoption Conferences
		In September 1999 the First International Gathering of Korean adoptees was held in Washington D.C. The conference was deeply significant with more than 400 participants from all over the world.
		In August 2001, the first Gathering was followed by a second Gathering in Oslo, Norway, hosted by the three Scandinavian Korean adoptee associations.
		To acknowledge and celebrate this historic milestone the next Gathering of Korean Adoptees will be in the summer of 2004 in Korea.
	www.holtintl.org /gathering.html (139 words)

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