IPG Legal Attorney Mina Kim Quoted by the Associated Press on Case Against Korean Government and Holt

IPG Legal is retained by a Korean adoptee to the United States that was deported to South Korea in 2016. The American parents of the adoptee never obtained his citizenship, and he was deported back to South Korea.

The AP notes that the adoptee “delivered a scathing denunciation of the Korean government and his adoption agency in a Seoul appeals court on Wednesday. . . [the] yearslong legal battle highlights the systematic failures by both governments to secure citizenship for potentially thousands of Korean children adopted into the U.S. homes over the past decades.”

Attorney Mina Kim, of IPG Legal, noted in court that the Holt Adoption Agency is liable for its “role in the illegal adoption, which was similar to human trafficking.” Attorney Kim highlighted the findings of recent investigations by the Associated Press in collaboration with Frontline (PBS) on abuses and fraud perpetuated by the Korean adoption industry.

The decision in the case shall be handed down by a Korean court on January 8, 2024. We shall update the reader when the judgment is handed down.

The full article on the matter can be found at: Adoptee deported from the US over lack of citizenship criticizes South Korea and agency

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Sean Hayes is the first non-Korean attorney to have worked for the Korean court system (Constitutional Court of Korea) and one of the first non-Koreans to be a regular member of a Korean law faculty. Sean is ranked, for Korea, as one of only two non-Korean lawyers as a Top Attorney by AsiaLaw, and IPG Legal is consistently ranked Top Dispute Resolution Law for our Korean litigation services.