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Interim findings
The Truth & Reconciliation press release - 26 March 2025
250326 (Press Release) Human Rights Violations in the Intercountry Adoption Process.docx
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AUSKRG responds to TRC findings on human rights violations in intercountry adoption - 28 March 2025
Australia media coverage
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ABC News - 9 Apr 2025
Australian adoptees call for inquiry in wake of South Korean overseas adoptions scandal
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The Age/Sydney Morning Herald - 31 Mar 2025 (paywall)
‘I believed I was an orphan’: Australians caught up in global adoption scandal
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ABC News - 30 Mar 2025
South Korea releases long-awaited report into overseas adoptions of thousands of children
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SBS World News - 28 Mar 2025
Pippa came to Australia in a 'mass export of children'. She wants answers about her birth
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ABC - The National Radio Hour - 27 Mar 2025
South Korea acknowledges human rights of thousands of adopted children were violated​
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ABC News - 26 Aug 2024
Calls for Korean adoptions to end amid alleged orphan 'trafficking' scandal
ABC - Background Briefing - 3 Aug 2024
Korean adoptee groups leading advocacy activities​
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AUSKRG
Australia-United States Korean Rights Group
Following the Danish Korean Rights Group making a successful submission to Korea's Truth & Reconciliation Commission (TRC), there was a small window of opportunity to submit further cases and have all major Korean adoption agencies brought into scope of the investigation. AUSKRG was formed to represent the cases relating Eastern Social Welfare Society, the agency that facilitated nearly all Korean adoptions into Australia. Their current focus is ensuring the TRC completes the investigation in Korea.
KADS Connect
"We are a passionate, Australian-Korean organisation dedicated to advocating for South Korean adoptees whose human rights have been violated by the South Korean government, Eastern Social Welfare Society, and the Australian Federal and State government."
KADS Connect are currently petitioning for a National Inquiry into Australia’s role (All states and federal) in the adoption of South Korean children.
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