Geographies of Kinship | Abandoned, Adopted
Clip: Season 10 Episode 5 | 1m 7sVideo has Closed Captions
The impact of Korea's global adoption program on its society and the 200,000 adoptees.
How did adopted children from Korea find their forever family? Since the Korean War, the country's global adoption program has seen an estimated 200,000 adoptees like Estelle Cooke-Sampson move overseas. But what impact has this had on South Korea, its policies and society?
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Geographies of Kinship | Abandoned, Adopted
Clip: Season 10 Episode 5 | 1m 7sVideo has Closed Captions
How did adopted children from Korea find their forever family? Since the Korean War, the country's global adoption program has seen an estimated 200,000 adoptees like Estelle Cooke-Sampson move overseas. But what impact has this had on South Korea, its policies and society?
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