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    • Adoptee’s Birth Parents to Be Removed From Family Registry

    December 2, 2009

    From the Korean Times:
    A lawmaker called Wednesday for the passage of a bill that would remove the names of adoptees’ birth parents from their family relation certificates, an official document commonly required here for job and visa applications.
    Currently, the certificate lists the name, date of birth and resident registration number of both the foster and [...]

    Expats fight to change adoption law

    November 12, 2009

    From The Korea Herald:
    A group of expats in Seoul are driving a movement to create a major shift in how the country deals with adoptions. With Democratic Party Representative Choi Young-hee, the coalition presented its bill to revise the current Special Act Relating to Adoption Promotion and Procedure law at a National Assembly public hearing [...]

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