Tag: EARS Op-Ed

  • EARS Co-Founder Julayne Lee For Oh My News

    EARS Co-Founder Julayne Lee For Oh My News

    EARS Co-founder, Julayne Lee, talked to Oh My News: “The South Korean government must take responsibility for preserving adoption records.”

  • EARS Co-Founder Mary Bowers Featured in CNA Documentary ‘One Orphan Every Hour’

    EARS Co-Founder Mary Bowers Featured in CNA Documentary ‘One Orphan Every Hour’

    EARS Co-founder Mary Bowers shares her story in a new CNA documentary, ‘One Orphan Every Hour.’ One Orphan Every Hour: “Nearly 250,000 South Korean children were adopted to the West as ‘orphans’ in the 60 years following the Korean War. Some to loving homes. Others to tragic ends. Raised in places where they looked like…

  • EARS Co-Founder Oh Myo Kim For Hankyoreh

    EARS Co-Founder Oh Myo Kim For Hankyoreh

    Original english article I remember the first time I snuck into my adoptive parents’ bedroom to look at my adoption file. I was around ten years old, and I was so curious about the file itself. Nothing of importance was in there: I was just an abandoned child, 김오묘. My adoptive parents never hid the…

  • EARS Co-Founder Oh Myo Kim Speaks on BBC World

    EARS Co-Founder Oh Myo Kim Speaks on BBC World

    Korean adoptee and EARS co-founder Oh Myo Kim spoke on BBC World about current issues surrounding Korean Adoption. (Aired: July 26, 2025) Transcript JULIAN WORRICKER: Since the 1950s, South Korea has sent more children abroad for adoption than any other country, with most sent to Western countries. The practice eventually led to an investigation led…