SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s government said it plans to end its waning foreign adoptions of Korean children, while ...

South Korea on Friday announced plans to end foreign adoptions over a five-year period, aiming for zero by 2029, as UN ...

International adoptions, which had tarnished South Korea’s reputation as a “child exporting country,” will be phased out ...

For over five years, Lauren Hawley has been waiting to hold her little girl, Elenor. A pink banner still hangs in their house waiting to welcome her home from China. First it was COVID-19 shutdowns ...

Laura Hanford is a visiting fellow in The Heritage Foundation's Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Life, Religion, and Family. Three hundred Chinese children matched with adoptive American families ...

The newly introduced Adoption Amendment Bill immediately and temporarily suspends New Zealand’s recognition of unsafe international adoptions by this country’s citizens and residents for citizenship ...

The Government has introduced urgent legislation to suspend the recognition of unsafe international adoptions, aiming to close loopholes that have left children vulnerable to abuse and exploitation.

The market expanded gradually from USD 98.2 billion in 2020 to USD 117.1 billion in 2024, driven by rising globalization, international trade, and initial adoption of digital freight platforms.

Marianne Ok Nielsen never wanted children, or a family of her own. She used to tell friends she didn’t feel worthy of that kind of life. For most of her 52 years, she believed she’d been abandoned by ...

After peaking in 2004, the annual number of international adoptions to the United States has fallen by 94% as of 2023, according to the most recent available U.S. State Department data. The State ...

SEOUL, South Korea -- After years of delay, South Korea has ratified the Hague Adoption Convention, an international treaty meant to safeguard international adoptions, highlighting a significant ...