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Dialogues With Adoptees: ‘Vincenzo’ and adoption myth entrenched in Korean society
Reposted from The Korea Times This article is the 25th in a series about Koreans adopted abroad. Apparently, many Koreans never expected...
Dr. Kyung-eun Lee
May 10, 2022


Are You Me? The Noodles That Tie Us
I loved my shirt With three pockets of color Gym shoes Blue shorts And black hair That flopped over My gold-rimmed glasses I was ready...

Samantha Der
May 8, 2022


Dialogues With Adoptees: Secrets of birth — Multiple layers of falsehoods in Korea’s birth documents
Reposted from The Korea Times This article is the 23rd in a series about Koreans adopted abroad. Apparently, many Koreans never expected...
Dr. Kyung-eun Lee
May 3, 2022


Introducing Yalian Li
Yalian Li is a filmmaker currently located in Los Angeles. She completed her Bachelor of Arts degree at Baylor University when she was 19...
OSH
May 1, 2022


Dialogues With Adoptees: Intercountry adoption is about human rights, not charity
Reposted from The Korea Times This article is the 18th in a series about Koreans adopted abroad. Apparently, many Koreans never expected...
Dr. Kyung-eun Lee
Apr 28, 2022


The Strings That Bind Us
I sit at my desk, laptop open, staring at a blank screen. I am supposed to be writing a letter to my 9-year-old son’s birth mother in...

Cynthia Landesberg
Apr 24, 2022


Dialogues With Adoptees: Intercountry adoptions 1985-92 — a numbers game for Korea’s national image
Reposted from The Korea Times This article is the 17th in a series about Koreans adopted abroad. Apparently, many Koreans never expected...
Dr. Kyung-eun Lee
Apr 21, 2022


An Introduction to Anthony Sayo
The Universal Asian had the privilege of speaking with Anthony Sayo, an award-winning actor from the Philippines who is making his dreams...
OSH
Apr 20, 2022


Korean Adoption Documents: The print portfolio
The meaningful and meaningless documents that make up the story of my adoption inspired this set of digital composites. The first step in...

A.D. Herzel
Apr 17, 2022
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