Adoptee Voice: Jennifer Kwon Dobbs

On June 26, PEAR published a link to an article written by Jennifer Kwon Dobbs entitled “Ending South Korea’s Child Export Shame“, http://pear-now.blogspot.com/2011/06/article-ending-south-koreas-child.html. Today we wish to share a video of Jennifer that was put together and published on the blog Land of Gazillion Adoptees, Birth Searches as Public Pedagogy http://landofgazillionadoptees.wordpress.com/2011/06/28/%E2%80%9Cbirth-searches-as-public-pedagogy%E2%80%9D-unedited-voices-of-adoption-featuring-jennifer-kwon-dobbs/ The video is quite powerful. We recommend that adoptive …

Article: Ending South Korea’s Child Export Shame

Ending South Korea’s Child Export Shame By Jennifer Kwon Dobbs, June 23, 2011 South Korea is on the verge of changing its reputation as the world’s leading baby exporter to a world leader in grassroots adoption reform. The first-ever birth mother, unwed mother, and adoptee co-authored bill is moving toward a National Assembly vote with government sponsorship. Under current South …

SYMPOSIUM: Korean-American Academics to Throw Light on Adoption

Korean-American Academics to Throw Light on Adoption Korean-born academics who were adopted by Americans will attend a symposium titled “From Global to Glocal: The Future of American Studies” by the American Studies Association of Korea at Seoul National University to discuss adoption, still something of a taboo subject in Korea. In a session titled “Korean Adoptee” on Friday, Eleana Kim …