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FRONTLINE PBS September 21, 2024

South Korea's Adoption Reckoning (full documentary) | FRONTLINE + @AssociatedPress

Summary

The transcript explores South Korea's decades-long international adoption program, revealing a complex history of systemic human rights violations and the mass export of children, particularly mixed-race children born to Korean women and foreign soldiers. Key themes include falsified records, governmental policies that prioritized ethnic homogeneity, and the ongoing efforts of adoptees to uncover their true origins through DNA testing and investigation. The documentary highlights the profound personal and national reckoning surrounding these adoptions, with a Truth and Reconciliation Commission now investigating hundreds of cases and seeking to understand the long-term consequences of this unprecedented transnational adoption movement.

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