South Korea’s international adoptees seek justice, not homecoming

Marie Wang, adopted to Denmark, discovered in 2023 that her adoption file stated her birth mother believed she was dead and that the doctor facilitated the adoption. The Korea Social Service (KSS) agency sent her that document by mistake, then refused further information. Mia Lee Hansen, also adopted through KSS, learned in 2011 that her files had been fabricated. Many South Korean international adoptees have uncovered a pattern of falsified records.