• Headline: Mixed-Race Children Nationwide Set to Immigrate to the U.S.
• Subheading: Already, as many as 380 mixed-race children have been officially reported.
  
• Source: ​Kyunghyang Shinmun
  
• Date of Publication: August 8, 1954
• Summary: 

In a meeting on August 6, convened by the U.S. Department of State on refugee assistance, a concrete plan was established to expedite and simplify the process for the immigration of mixed-race children from Korea to the United States, a program that had previously seen limited progress. According to decisions made at the meeting, which was attended by representatives of the South Korean government, the 380 mixed-race children reported in Korea will gradually be adopted by American families and immigrate to the United States. Additionally, the processing period for these cases, which previously took up to eight months, is now set to be reduced to two to three months.

• Archiving Note: 

The Beginning of Mixed-Race Child Adoption

In Korea, the adoption of mixed-race children marked the start of modern adoption practices, preceding the adoption of war orphans.

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Photo:

The photo shows mixed-race orphans under institutional care.

 

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