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Legacies in Korea-U.S. Relations: A Salute to Dr. David Kim, Holt International

The Korea Society celebrates its 55th anniversary with the launch of a Legacies in Korea-U.S. Relations series, saluting senior contributors to the bilateral relationship in humanitarian affairs, policy, business, or academe. Join us for an hour with Dr. David Kim of Holt International. The first employee hired by Harry Holt on his arrival in Korea […]

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Adoptees and the Politics of Belonging

    Since the end of the Korean War, an estimated 200,000 children from South Korea have been adopted into families in North America, Europe, and Australia. While these transnational adoptions were initiated as an emergency measure to find homes for mixed-race children born in the aftermath of the war, the practice grew exponentially from […]

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