Last week, South Korea's Truth and Reconciliation Commission found that Korean adoption agencies were responsible for widespread fraud, malpractice and even human rights violations.
More than 140,000 South Korean children were adopted by families living abroad in the decades after the Korean war. The report documented cases in which agencies fabricated records and others in which abandoned children were sent abroad after only perfunctory efforts to find living guardians.
Documentarian Deann Borshay Liem was an adult when she first learned the story she'd been told about her identity was a lie. She was adopted by an American family from California in 1966, when she was eight years old. Her adoption records said she was an orphan, but she eventually discovered her birth mother was alive, and she had a large extended family in South Korea.
She shares her adoption story, her reaction to the commission's report, and her thoughts on what justice looks like for adoptees.
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Consider This from NPR - South Korea admits to widespread adoption fraud. Here’s one story
Last week, South Korea's Truth and Reconciliation Commission found that Korean adoption agencies were responsible for widespread fraud, malpractice and even human rights violations.
More than 140,000 South Korean children were adopted by families living abroad in the decades after the Korean war. The report documented cases in which agencies fabricated records and others in which abandoned children were sent abroad after only perfunctory efforts to find living guardians.
Documentarian Deann Borshay Liem was an adult when she first learned the story she'd been told about her identity was a lie. She was adopted by an American family from California in 1966, when she was eight years old. Her adoption records said she was an orphan, but she eventually discovered her birth mother was alive, and she had a large extended family in South Korea.
She shares her adoption story, her reaction to the commission's report, and her thoughts on what justice looks like for adoptees.
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More than 140,000 South Korean children were adopted by families living abroad in the decades after the Korean war. The report documented cases in which agencies fabricated records and others in which abandoned children were sent abroad after only perfunctory efforts to find living guardians.
Documentarian Deann Borshay Liem was an adult when she first learned the story she'd been told about her identity was a lie. She was adopted by an American family from California in 1966, when she was eight years old. Her adoption records said she was an orphan, but she eventually discovered her birth mother was alive, and she had a large extended family in South Korea.
She shares her adoption story, her reaction to the commission's report, and her thoughts on what justice looks like for adoptees.
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - Tristan Thompson on Reclaiming Financial Freedom With Crypto
The latest price moves and insights with Jennifer Sanasie and NBA Champion Tristan Thompson.
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NBA Champion Tristan Thompson joins CoinDesk to discuss the journey that led him from a professional athlete to a successful tech founder. Plus, the role of crypto in reclaiming financial freedom.
This content should not be construed or relied upon as investment advice. It is for entertainment and general information purposes.
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The Daily Signal - Victor Davis Hanson: Pfizer Bombshell Puts 2020 Election Results Into Question
Victor Davis Hanson breaks down the recent development on this episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.”
“ Pfizer, for months, had said the results of their early testing of the efficacy and the safety of the Pfizer spike protein anti-COVID vaccine was known. … And they delayed it. Why did they delay it?
“ The news of the vaccination was deliberately manipulated and delayed so it would not give credit to Donald Trump before the final 30% or 40% of the ballots were cast.
“The problem was that we radically changed the voting laws. … We manipulated the news. And now we learn that even pharmaceutical companies were massaging the results of their test to hurt Donald Trump's chances in the 2020 election.”
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State of the World from NPR - Trump Policies Lead to a Wave of Reverse Migration
During his campaign, President Trump promised to stem migration to the United States. And since taking office his administration has deported plane loads of people, some of whom were in the U.S. legally. Hundreds of deportees have been sent to prison in El Salvador. And President Trump has essentially closed the door to immigrants seeking to enter the country through the border with Mexico. These policies have provoked so-called reverse migration, where people go back to the places they once fled. And that has knock-on effects for other countries. We go to a tiny island in Panama to see the effects of U.S. immigration policy.
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The Journal. - Why Utah Is Regulating Mom Influencers
Last year, a popular Utah influencer with six children went to prison for child abuse. Now the state has put a new law into place to protect the children in these videos. WSJ’s Zusha Elinson on the Ruby Franke scandal and her daughter’s efforts to keep it from happening again.
Further Reading:
- A Former Child Star Is Taking On the Dark Side of Utah’s Mommy Bloggers
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- The Rise of the Tween Shopper
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - COINDESK DAILY: Trump Invites Bukele to White House, Pardons Arthur Hayes
Host Christine Lee breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry after U.S. President Donald Trump invites El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele to the White House.
U.S. President Donald Trump invites El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele to the White House, pardons former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes and other BitMEX executives, and the Trump family invests in American Bitcoin, a mining company controlled by Hut 8. CoinDesk's Christine Lee hosts "CoinDesk Daily."
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Swap, send, on-ramp, off-ramp, and bridge into a bright future — get started at uniswap.org.
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Global News Podcast - French far-right leader, Le Pen, banned from politics for five years
France's Marine Le Pen is barred from running in the next French presidential election. Also: Myanmar's junta say at least 2,000 people died in Friday’s earthquake, and UK hosts illegal migration summit.
Focus on Africa - Stranded: Exposing the UK’s immigration scammers
A BBC investigation has found the UK visa system is being undermined by scammers who are swindling migrants out of thousands of pounds, by promising them jobs in Britain which often do not exist. We hear more from the BBC Africa Eye reporter.
Why is Kenya risking the wrath of Serbia, considered to be an ally, by recognising Kosovo and its claim to independence from Serbia?
And why is Ghana's Chief Justice facing renewed efforts to remove her from office?
Presenter: Audrey Brown Producers: Sunita Nahar, Amie Liebowitz and Nyasha Michelle in London. Daniel Dadzie in Accra, and Frenny Jowi in Nairobi Technical Producer: Gabriel O'Regan Senior Journalist: Patricia Whitehorne Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi
CBS News Roundup - 03/31/2025 | World News Roundup
President Trump discusses running for a third term, something barred by the Constitution. Elon Musk write checks to Wisconsin voters. Earthquake death toll rises. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.
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