Adoptee Resources Online + In Korea.
There are organizations which can help you with your search online, and in Korea.
KoRoot (unfortunately, KoRoot closed its Guesthouse in 2023).
*Update - February 23rd, 2024: KoRoot is now unfortunately officially run by Peter Moeller and shadow run by his wife Boonyoung Han of DKRG (Danish Korean Rights Group). Please read here about how these DKRG “leaders” have treated some Korean Adoptees, before you decide to engage with the “New” KoRoot. Consider yourself warned…
Get To Know The New KoRoot
KoRoot Website
KoRoot Facebook Page
KoRoot is still operating in Korea, though they no longer have the guesthouse:
KoRoot
뿌리의집
Address:
21, Changuimun-ro 10-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 03020, Republic of Korea
03020 서울시 종로구 창의문로10길 21
Telephone: 02) 3210-2451
Korean government body which deals with Adoption issues:
Please note: You MUST start a Birth Family Search with KSS FIRST before seeking help from NCRC. If you go to NCRC first, KSS may tell you that they will not help you.
National Center for the Rights of the Child (NCRC):
Website
The predecessor to NCRC:
Korea Adoption Services (KAS):
Website
Adoptee Birth Search organization in Korea:
Global Overseas Adoptees’ Link (GOA’L):
Website
Facebook Page
Korean Adoptee Resources Hub
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Harlow’s Monkey
An excellent resource for all topics Korean Adoption related by long-time adoption researcher JaeRan Kim.
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Search tip: Use Google and search any site on the web more efficiently, such as the KAS site (below) by removing the http:// and typing in Google:
site:www.kadoption.or.kr + “KSS”
This works with any website, and you can substitute “KSS” with any search term, with or without "quotes”
To get this search result.