Sean Hayes, the author of this post, was quoted in today’s issue of the Christian Science Monitor regarding an adoption law matter we are assisting with at a drastically reduced cost, as part of what we believe are our pro bono obligations to Korean society. I fear that this adoption law case may reach the Korean Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court. I believe the case is simply caused by misplaced nationalism. I also hope Korea can adopt most of its children locally, but the reality is that
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Blind Stubbornness of Ministry of Health and Welfare
Korea’s new adoption law and the interpretation of the law by some in Korea’s Ministry of Health and Welfare (MHW) is contributing to destroying the lives of Korean children in need of loving families. The law, an inter-country adoption quota and, also, the interpretation of the law by the MHW, in short, is making it more difficult for foreigners to adopt Korean children, while placing seemingly more power into the hands of the MHW, an agency that is showing that it cannot be trusted with the increased
Continue readingKorea’s Nationalistic Adoption Quota May be Increased
Korea has one of the highest populations of orphans in the OECD because of an unwillingness, in large numbers, of the local Korean population to adopt non-blood related children and a new policy that limits the number of overseas adoptions. The majority of local adoptions are the adoption of the children of family members. The good news is the government may be changing its policy because of its plan to join the Convention on the Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (Hague Adoption
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