• The children abandoned by South Korea’s adoption policy

  • Sep 25 2024
  • Length: 21 mins
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The children abandoned by South Korea’s adoption policy

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  • The world's largest diaspora of international adoptees comes from South Korea. Among them are mixed-race children who were forcibly sent for adoption due to the country's racist laws. One Black adoptee's search for a home reflects hard truths about the past of hundreds of thousands of international adoptees.

    In this episode:

    • Anna Kook (@annakook), AJ+ Reporter

    Episode credits:

    This episode was produced by Amy Walters and Sarí el-Khalili, with Khaled Soltan, Chloe K. Li, Duha Mosaad, Sonia Bhagat, Philip Lanos, Hisham Abu Salah, and our host, Malika Bilal. It was edited by Alexandra Locke.

    Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Munera Al Dosari and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers.

    Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.

    For more from Anna Kook's reporting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ghhTV0ICrU

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