South Korea is ending its long-standing practice of outsourcing adoptions to private agencies due to a commission’s findings of human rights violations in the foreign adoption system. A new public adoption framework will place full state responsibility on crucial processes, aiming to protect the rights of adopted children, although activists argue more comprehensive measures are needed to address past injustices.
Explain It To Me Like I’m 5: South Korea is stopping private adoptions and taking charge of the process to make sure all children are treated fairly and safely after an investigation found many problems with how adoptions used to be done.
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