Adapted Podcast: Changing The Narrative

04/16/2026

A new film by Danish Korean adoptee Tanya Inwol.

HOMESICK follows the director’s story, as an adoptee. Set between Denmark’s windswept west coast and the mountains of South Korea, it traces the story of the...

04/16/2026

An upcoming film to look out for ...by Danish Korean adoptee Tanya Inwol.

02/03/2026

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/globalcommunity/20260202/adoption-as-banishment-why-koreas-adoptees-deserve-more-than-symbolic-redress?fbclid=IwY2xjawPuIztleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEewOtMtZGlADJzvD7UwVzXOWjnlG03ITU2R4bctav38THVezNjlN_4OujAH3E_aem_JN9HR6C5VNCyWOLY8gPIVg

The renewal of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) for a third mandate on Jan. 29 offers a new opportunity to address the unresolved adop...

12/26/2025

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — 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.

The announcement Friday came hours after the United Nations human rights office released South Korea’s response to investigators urging Seoul to spell out concrete plans to address the grievances of adoptees sent abroad with falsified records or abused by foreign parents.

12/11/2025

Thanks to translator Yukeun Jeon and Season 7 Patreon supporters, we have a precise Korean translation up for Dr. JaeHee Chung-Sherman's episode about decolonizing adoption. It's an important point of view that we hope can impart understanding for our Korean language readers.

                                      “꼭 훌훌 털어버리고 잘 살아야 되는건 아니에요”                                                 “You don’t have to be resilient.” “당신이 이.....

12/04/2025

Coming Dec. 8 to PBS

A Korean birth mother and her daughter struggle to stay reunited for the long haul.

11/26/2025

https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2025/11/26/mistaken-minnesotas-korean-adoptees-grapple-with-confessed-systemic-corruption

Earlier this year, South Korea admitted to corruption in its adoption system. Minnesota is home to the largest Korean adoptee community in the U.S. North Star Journey Live hosted a conversation with Korean adoptees on Nov. 11 to hear their reaction.

11/25/2025

If you missed MPR’s North Star Journey event on corruption in Korean adoption and accountability recently, it will be broadcast on mpr.org on Wednesday, Nov. 26 at 9 am CST.
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Thank you to Ami Nafzger, Cam Small, Matt McNiff and Mary Niedermeier for contributing to this important discussion.

11/25/2025

Listen to our discussion on MPR’s North Star Journey at 91.1 fm or mpr.org at 9 am 11/26 on corruption and Korean adoption. Minnesota was the state where 12-15000 children were adopted to from Korea, more than any other state or country outside the U.S. our legacy is living and evolving.