South Korea vows to end foreign adoptions as U.N. presses Seoul to address past abuses

Dec 27, 2025 - 09:00
South Korea vows to end foreign adoptions as U.N. presses Seoul to address past abuses
South Korea's government said it plans to end its waning foreign adoptions of Korean children, while United Nations investigators voiced "serious concern" over what they described as Seoul's failure to ensure truth-finding and reparations for widespread human rights violations tied to decades of mass overseas adoptions.