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South Korea’s Adoption Reckoning

South Korea’s Adoption Reckoning

May 28, 2024
83 min
Documentary
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FRONTLINE and The Associated Press examine allegations of fraud and abuse in South Korea’s historic foreign adoption boom. The documentary investigates cases of falsified records and identities among the adoptions of 200,000 children to the U.S. and other countries over decades.

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