- Headline: "Domestic Adoptions on the Rise"
- Source: Dong-A Ilbo
- Date of Publication: February 5, 1976
- Summary:
Last year, 267 children were adopted into domestic (South Korean) families through Holt Children's Services, a significant increase from just 23 adoptions in 1962, when domestic adoption first began. However, despite this growth, domestic adoptions still account for less than 10% of the 2,800 children sent overseas for adoption in the same year. Currently, private agencies facilitating adoptions include Catholic Relief Services, Holt Children's Services, Social Welfare Services (now known as the Korea Welfare Services), Christian Adoption Program of Korea, Korea Social Service, and the Korea Christian Crusade (now known as the Eastern Social Welfare Society). The municipal children’s counseling center also oversees adoptions at the government level.
Young-ki Lee, Head of Domestic Adoptions at Holt Children's Services, predicts that "the number of unwed mothers will continue to rise in line with current social trends." He stated, "We aim to facilitate over 500 adoptions this year," adding that "legal revisions are necessary to allow adoptive parents to formally recognize adopted children as their own," a limitation that remains a key challenge under existing laws. This article reflects the prevailing reality of the time, in which efforts were being made to increase both domestic and international adoptions of children born to unwed mothers.
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