NCRC - Misc. Facts + History.
Thank you to Chang Seon Kim for providing links + info.
Here we will add some Misc. information about NCRC (The National Center for the Rights of the Child).
NCRC is the Korean Government Agency which takes over ALL Korean Adoption Agency files on July 19th, 2025 in order to comply with the Hague Convention on the Rights of the Child, which stipulates that all Adoption Records must be centralized under government authority.
Until / Prior to July 19th, 2025, Korean Adoption Agency files are / were in the hands of private Korean Adoption Agencies. The major Overseas / International Korean Adoption Agencies are:
-Holt KOREA
-Eastern Child Welfare Society (ECWS) / Eastern Social Welfare Society (ESWS)
-Korea Welfare Society (KWS) / formerly Social Welfare Society (SWS) / Child Placement Services (CPS)
-Korea Social Service (KSS)
Posted to Paperslip - February 25th, 2025
*IMPORTANT PREFACE FOR
KSS (Korea Social Service) Adoptees:
MAKE YOUR BIRTH FAMILY SEARCH REQUESTS DIRECTLY TO KSS BEFORE THE FILE TRANSFER OF KOREAN ADOPTION AGENCY FILES TO NCRC IN JULY 2025!
KSS (Korea Social Service) Adoptees ONLY please see:
KSS Adoptees can reach out to paperslipadoptee@gmail.com for FREE birth family search assistance and with any questions!
KSS Adoptees ONLY please be sure to join the private KSS Adoptee ONLY forum KSS Cribmates and please be sure to answer the membership questions!
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Non-KSS Adoptees please see:
The Same Questions That Korean Adoptees Ask All The Time
Thank you!
The “Public Institution” Legal Status of NCRC.
This Wikipedia entry below describes the legal status of NCRC.
For information on NCRC’s NEW ADDRESS as of SPRING 2025, please see:
IMPORTANT! New Changes Coming To NCRC in 2025
*Please note that we have only translated the Overview below. To see the FULL Wikipedia article in original Korean, please click the link above. Translation via ChatGPT:
”Public Institutions of the Republic of Korea
This article describes public institutions of the Republic of Korea.
Overview
Public institutions refer to corporations, organizations, or entities designated by the Minister of Economy and Finance that are not part of the central or local government. The cases in which an entity can be designated as a public institution are limited according to Article 4, Paragraph 1 of the "Act on the Management of Public Institutions." According to Article 4, Paragraph 2 of the same Act, institutions established for the purposes of mutual support, welfare enhancement, rights improvement among members, or maintaining business order, as well as institutions established and operated by local governments, and the Korean Broadcasting System and Korean Educational Broadcasting System cannot be designated as public institutions.
Institutions established directly under other laws outside the "Act on the Management of Public Institutions" and funded by the government. Institutions where government funding exceeds half of total revenue. Institutions where the government holds more than 50% of shares or has effective control over policy decisions through holding more than 30% of shares and exercising the authority to appoint executives. Institutions where the government and any of the above-mentioned institutions collectively hold more than 50% of shares or more than 30% of shares and maintain effective control over policy decisions through executive appointment authority. Institutions where any of the above mentioned alone or in combination with two or more entities hold more than 50% of shares or more than 30% of shares and maintain effective control over policy decisions through executive appointment authority. Institutions established by any of the above entities, with government or founding institution funding. However, the scope of public institutions can vary due to the nature of regulations. For example, the "Act on Disclosure of Public Institution Information" includes the National Assembly, the executive branch, and non-profit corporations receiving government subsidies, while the "Act on the Management of Public Records" pertains to the government of the Republic of Korea, and the "Special Act on Balanced National Development" includes central administrative agencies and their affiliated institutions. This document only addresses public institutions as defined in the "Act on the Management of Public Institutions."