Adoption This Thing of Ours

A long struggle for Multicultural Stars

koreanwarbaby@gmail.com (Don Gordon Bell) — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:00:00 +0000

[Third in a series on Korea’s muticultural future] A rising number of multicultural entertainers reflect a changing industry - and nation
As a Multicultural person, who also worked in B-Movies when he was a younger man…He salutes these Korean-Others artists who have blazed the trail and even today are facing the lingering prejudice. Yet, slowly, a new younger generation is growing up that is moving to accept them. THIS IS GREAT!! BUT THERE IS MUCH MORE TO GO…
Korean War Baby- Don Gordon Bell
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March 09, 2010
A long struggle for multicultural stars - INSIDE JoongAng Daily
At 20 years old, Kim In-soon had a beautiful voice, but she eked out a living singing at pubs. Then one night, a producer heard her perform, and her life in show business began. She debuted as a member of the female trio the Hee Sisters, and became part of Korea’s first archetypical “girl group.”

In spangle-studded dresses and form-fitting spandex, the trio stole the hearts of many male fans, but Kim was forced to put on an extra piece of clothing every time she appeared with the group: a hat or handkerchief to hide her hair.

The KWB attended Insooni’s Concert two years ago. It was da Bomb! What an entertainer!

Kim, who goes by her stage name Insooni, is the daughter of a Korean mother and an African-American soldier, and her mixed heritage gave her darker skin, a face that stood out and intensely curly hair. Because of her appearance she was often banned from appearing on TV shows, and she was denied the chance to participate in an international singing competition as a representative of Korea. Yet, today, she is still one of the country’s most influential musicians.

Insooni’s mother Yang-bae passed away in 2005. When Kim was born, her mother’s family forced her either to abandon her child or be disowned. Kim Yang-bae chose her daughter.

When it came time to give birth to her own daughter in 1993, Insooni flew to the United States to ensure she would be an American citizen. The singer has publicly said that she did this because she was afraid her child would have the same dark skin that caused her so much pain. While other mothers may count the number of their babies’ fingers or toes right after they are born, Insooni checked her daughter’s skin color.
Ten years later, camera flashes splattered across the face of another beautiful young woman as she cried her eyes out. “If I had come out and said that I’m mixed, I was afraid of being discriminated against,” actress Lee Yu-Jin told reporters in May 2003.

It had come to light that Lee’s name was listed on her grandfather’s family register, not her father’s, making Lee and her mother sisters on paper. At this press conference Lee, then 26, confessed her long-held secret - that her father was an American of Spanish descent who served as a soldier here.

After the press conference, it took Lee, who was a regular on many hit TV sitcoms, dramas, shows and glossy magazine covers, nearly six years to come back to a major TV drama last year.
When the JoongAng Daily asked to interview Lee, her manager, Kil Jin, said, “She’s had enough of it. She doesn’t want to talk about it anymore. I’m so sorry.”
The continuing pain Lee is experiencing shows that, despite the progress that has been made in Korean society, the issue of discrimination against multicultural people is far from resolved.

Hey Girl, you look hot! To hell with 'em, keep your head up!

Sean Richard-The handsome young actor talked openly about how his mother and father met. “My mom immigrated to the States at 17, and she worked at a bank in L.A. and my dad was working in L.A. with a one-year work contract. My mom’s roommate was dating my dad’s roommate.”

After majoring in business and theater at Boston University, Richard came to Korea hoping to learn more about his mother’s country, and landed the role of Allen. It was his first audition for a professional role, and he had more than 100 competitors. The doctor’s character is based on an actual figure who arrived in Korea in 1884 as a missionary and established the very first Western hospital in Korea.

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Sasha Yoon Mi Rae interview of why she was out of the scene for 4 years. In English!! Gotta get her DVD's, her music vid's are Rockin'!!

R&B singer and rapper, Yoon Mi-rae, born Natasha Shanta Reid, is also trying to keep the focus off her cultural identity. She has an African-American father.
An official from Jungle Entertainment, which represents Yoon, said, “She feels uncomfortable talking about [her background].” But Yoon, often called Korea’s best female rapper, does communicate about her ancestry - through her music. One song titled “Black Happiness” has lyrics that read, loosely translated into English, “People finger-pointing at my mommy / My poppy is an African-American soldier / I can see sadness in Mommy’s eyes / I feel guilty so I wash my face with white soap .?.?. I have to put white makeup on to hide my dark skin.”

Yoon debuted in 1997 at age 15 as a member of the hip-hop and R&B group Uptown. Today she’s a superstar with many releases under her belt. She is currently working on her fourth solo album, coming to stores in May.
There has certainly been a shift in attitude toward multicultural entertainers in Korea over the past several decades, from Insooni to Lee Yu-jin, and most recently Richard.
Yoon Su-il, a multicultural singer who often performed with Insooni during the 1970s, agrees.
“I think this nation is becoming a multicultural society, and viewers and the public accept multicultural entertainers without hard feelings, meaning people start to see them as their neighbors,” said the 55-year-old singer-songwriter, whose 1982 hit “Apartment” is still a favorite for many Koreans.
For Yoon, who was born to a GI father and a Korean mother, music was his sole consolation. “Growing up, I kept thinking, ‘Can I go on living like this in Korea?’ because of my different looks. So I grabbed a guitar and got into the music industry because that field was less closed to people like me.”

Today, Korea has more multicultural entertainers than ever before. Heartthrob Daniel Henney, Julien Kang, Dennis Oh, Ricky Kim and Kim Deanna are all multicultural stars who often appear in TV commercials, musicals and dramas.

Ricky Kim

Julien Kang_Daniel Henney

In this new wave of multicultural stars, Daniel Henney may have been the first to prove they no longer need to feel alienated as Insooni and Yoon did.
Henney, who was born to a Korean-American adoptee mother and a British-American father, made his first appearance in the 2005 hit TV drama “My Lovely Sam-soon,” playing the part of Dr. Henry Kim. His good looks, gentle manner and sunny smile were enough to melt the hearts of many female viewers.

HOWEVER, just last month at Seoller New Year family gathering, the KWB met a cousin of his government official (with a gun) wife. He explained to him about the Name Card, Mother Korean and Father-Spanish/Mexican/Apache), while we were cheering on the Korean Short Track Ice-skating team at the Vancouver Olympics.
“You know I am a HonHyulAh (혼혈아) like Daniel Henney.” Wife’s Cousin frowned and scowled, “I hate that guy, think he is really something. SheeBal!” “Yeah, Korean women seem to like him though…I heard...say he is handsome.” This really set him off, but the next race was coming up to draw his attention away from ranting about ‘Half-Breeds who take their women’ syndrome. Apparently, cousin did not put 2 + 2 together that the Korean War Baby’s name card was talking about HIM, because his prejudice was showing. This is typical of the racism against any “OTHER’s” who dates Their women. One would think that “cousin” having lived 9 years in New York City would be less intimidated by Daniel Henney. But alas, not so.
YOU SEE? THE KOREAN WAR BABY IS NOT MAKING THIS UP. The country has a LONG WAY to go, but things are looking up!!! Thanks to all the New Mixed-Blood, oh have to be PC, Multicultural Korean Artists/Musician/actors. The KWB salutes you all. Semper Fi!

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PublicHearing-AdoptionRevisionLaw_2009.12.29

koreanwarbaby@gmail.com (Don Gordon Bell) — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:50:00 +0000

NEW PAGE ADDED!!!

Hey took the KWB two hours to figure out how to do this, so please check this document for the Special Adoption Revision Law PROPOSALS-It may still be REVISED before being VOTED on, hopefully this year 2010.

Bill Renamed Pro-Multiculturalism Scheme

koreanwarbaby@gmail.com (Don Gordon Bell) — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:05:00 +0000

A lawmaker said he will continue his push for legislation that would protect foreigners in Korea against discrimination based on race.
Rep. Jun Byung-hun of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP) said that he has recently urged his party to adopt his revised anti-racism bill as an official party platform before he submits it to the National Assembly.

It has been almost half a year since he made public the draft bill, one of the first legal attempts in Korea to define racism and set punishments for racist acts.
"I have renamed the bill as the pro-multiculturalism bill as many Koreans perceive racism is too blunt of a word," Jun told The Korea Times Thursday.

Criticism on the Bill
The proposed legislation triggered an avalanche of criticism when Jun posted the draft of the racial discrimination bill on his Web site on Sept. 6 last year to gather public opinion.

The Korea Times has analyzed 210 comments posted on the lawmaker's Web site with regard to his original proposal. The vast majority (94 percent) of the online commentators were adamantly against it. Only five percent, 11 people, welcomed it.

They pointed out that the number of crimes committed by non-Koreans has nearly tripled over the past five years, citing statistics released by the Ministry of Justice. As of 2008, the crime rate of foreigners were slightly lower at 3.9 percent, compared to 4.1 percent for Koreans.

Reverse Discrimination
The second-biggest concern was reverse discrimination against Koreans. Thirty-seven bloggers, or 17.6 percent, said the bill would put Korean citizens at a disadvantage at work places and generally in society.

Some even suggested the bill would make an increasing number of innocent Korean nationals falsely accused of racial discrimination.
Another 19 bloggers, or 9 percent, also claimed that discrimination is acceptable as it helps Koreans secure their citizens' rights.

"If the legislation is enacted, we will have to treat foreigners as equally as Koreans, even though they do not have to fulfill compulsory military service," a blogger named "How come?" said.
Another blogger also claimed that foreigners should not have equal rights as Koreans in education and workplaces.

"What is the point of having a government here if everyone is provided with all the rights that Koreans have," another blogger, called "I," said.

Demand for Homogeneous Society
Fifteen of the respondents answered that Korea should maintain a maximum number of foreigners because multicultural society is destined to be a failure. "We must not throw away the greatest competitive edge that Korea has been bestowed by being a homogeneous nation," a blogger said.

Bill Renamed Pro-Multiculturalism Scheme
Read the whole article, the KWB is being careful on his comments. One wonders what the 103,000 Mixed-Blood children will face coming of age in the next ten years plus. (Better learn to fight for your rights, because they are TUIGI 튀기, children of foreign devils). Hello, out there Real Koreans, it ain’t homogeneous anymore!

WELCOME TO GLOBALIZATION KOREA!

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South Korea's complicated embrace of gyopo - latimes.com

koreanwarbaby@gmail.com (Don Gordon Bell) — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:35:00 +0000

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The KWB brings attention to these articles to help other to understand what Korean people think about “Bananas” and other kinds of “Others with some Korean genes and various levels of understanding what it is to be KOREAN”.

South Korea's complicated embrace of gyopo - latimes.com
“Reporting from Seoul - Ann Babe knows her real name, birthday and hometown. That's because it was all included on the note left with her at the South Korean bus stop where she was abandoned as an infant in 1986.
However, beyond the name of the orphanage where she was later adopted by an American couple, that's all she knew about her South Korean roots.
The only way to find out more, Babe decided, was to return to the land of her ancestors.
Ann became one of many ethnic Koreans raised abroad who return to explore their heritage. Some come to earn money and brush up on their Korean or to please their parents. Babe took a job teaching English to learn about her roots.
What she found was a culture quite unlike that in the United States. And though she appreciates the sense of community extended to returning ethnic Koreans, at times she still felt like a stranger.
The term ‘Gyopo’ connotes "our Koreans who happen to be living overseas in another country," said David Kang, a second-generation Korean American and director of Korean studies at USC. He emphasized the tribal focus of the word: "It's this very atavistic view of Koreans as our blood overseas, almost."
For some ethnic Koreans who come here, the term gyopo has carried a negative connotation, singling them out. But most accept it as a practical label.
About 7.5 million ethnic Koreans live outside Korea, 2.5 million of them in the United States, Kang said.
As Korean Adoptees of full-blood one faces similar comparisons and are considered as the same by many Koreans. So they expect you to be able to Speak Korean but you DON’T have one or both Korean parents if you were adopted by Non-Koreans. You might be a Half-Korean like the KWB but again might not have learned Korean much, or enough for them. You have to be patient in explaining exactly who you are and your family. OH, how to do this when you cannot communicate!?
Based on her interactions in South Korea, Babe says she can break down the attitudes toward gyopo into three types.
She described the first as "a person that's older who is sort of angry about you being a Korean but not being fully Korean." The second type is "very friendly and helpful" but sometimes "overbearing when they try to convert you or reform you."
The third are people who seem flummoxed and simply incapable of grasping her background.
But gyopo who look Korean but behave in a "non-Korean" way may be a target of discrimination. Kang also pointed out Koreans' tolerance for most other foreigners' behavior: "If you're white, you can get away with almost anything."
Looking Korean has affected her employment opportunities as well.
Many English teaching positions posted on the Internet include "no gyopo" clauses. "They don't fully understand that speaking and appearance are not really related," she said of employers. Michelle Kim, a New Jersey-raised gyopo, described an interview scenario that has become familiar. "They say, 'Oh, we didn't know you were Korean; we thought you were American,' and I say, 'Well, I am an American.' "
She added that "gyopo only" jobs usually pay less.
The KWB notes are that YES, this is true but it is all based on Korean’s perceptions of “Best Teachers” and the Institutes must give in to the whims of the mothers, the AhJumMa who wants a White teacher even if they are from Belgium with a heavy accent. The KWB has lived here 14 years and lost many jobs to ‘Whitey’ nothing you can do about it!
For some the reality of being a banana does not give “White Privilege” in the land of our mothers/fathers. SIGH…

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IKAA » Sessions

koreanwarbaby@gmail.com (Don Gordon Bell) — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:54:00 +0000

The Korean War Baby has registered! Still time to get discount on Registration before March 15th. See the banner on left column for direct link for Registration or RegistrationPage_IKAAGathering2010Seoul

IKAA » Sessions

Call for Session Proposals

International Korean Adoptee Associations (IKAA)
2010 IKAA Gathering

Gathering Dates: August 3-8, 2010
Location: Hotel Lotte Seoul, Korea
Submission Due Date: March 19 (extended deadline), 2010
Submit to: usa@ikaa.org
Questions? Contact – Sarah Kim Randolph at sarah.kim@ikaa.org

Download word application here

INTRODUCTION

The Korean adult adoptee community has been organizing for over 20 years, and the Gatherings have been an essential part of the emergence of our truly global community. While there have been multiple conferences for and about Korean adoptees, the Gatherings stand out for their large number of attendees from a diversity of backgrounds. Previous Gatherings include:
•    1999 – Washington, D.C., USA
•    2001 – Oslo, Norway
•    2004 – Seoul, Korea
•    2007 – Seoul, Korea (the 1st Gathering officially organized by the IKAA network)

With each successive Gathering, the number of conference attendees rose significantly, with over 600 attending in 2007. Given that the height of adoptions from Korea occurred during the mid-1980’s, we expect to see continued growth at the 2010 IKAA Gathering, since larger numbers of adoptees are now in or reaching adulthood and therefore more likely to travel to Korea for such a conference. We project over 800 Korean adult adoptees to attend the 2010 IKAA Gathering.

As is tradition at the Gatherings, the 2010 IKAA Gathering will provide the opportunity for adoptees to present a wide variety of sessions related to Korean adoption and living as a Korean adoptee. We encourage submission of thoughtful proposals for sessions that will provide attendees an opportunity to learn, network, share, interact, and reflect. These sessions are different in nature than the presentations that will be made during the Gathering’s Research Symposium in that the general sessions are not required to be academic in nature.

In addition to academics, we welcome session proposals from artists, community organizers, filmmakers, writers, and other members of the Korean adult adoptee.
Aside from sessions, there will also be a mini-film festival during the Gathering, featuring past and more recent works that address various aspects of Korean adoption and our community. There is a separate Call for Proposals for films as well as a separate submission form for films.

GOT A GOOD IDEA? SEND IT IN FOR REVIEW.

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"Resilience" Premiere SOLD OUT-

koreanwarbaby@gmail.com (Don Gordon Bell) — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:35:00 +0000

TICKETS SOLD OUT!!! Over 30 turned away!

Wednesday night was the Seoul Premiere of "Resilience" a film by Tammy Chu. A great turnout and actually over 30 were turned away for safety rules at the venue. Even the Korean War Baby was unable to get in but he did organize a lottery for any available seats in case some did not show up. NOT to happen, all 120 seats were occupied. Due to being the oldest Fart there, the KWB was offered a ticket but chose to spend time with Pastor Kim instead, which was a great chance since he is so busy.

After the showing some guests were allowed in for the thirty min. of Q and A with Pastor Kim and Tammy Chu (Guess that did not violate the safety rules, just 30 min. SIGH!!!).

We are hoping to get another chance in the future to see "Resilience", watch this space!

Congratulation to Tammy Chu and all those involved in the filming/production/editing/marketing of this documentary film that will be available later in DVD. Watch this Space.

Unmarried mothers coming out of isolation-The Korea Herald

koreanwarbaby@gmail.com (Don Gordon Bell) — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:52:00 +0000

From Facebook Friend Marc Champod came this link:

Unmarried Mothers Coming Out of Isolation-Korea Herald

Marc is one of the active members of Korean Adoptee’s groups that help to showcase and garner support for the Unwed Mothers who bravely are RAISING THEIR CHILDREN. Marc is a professional photographer who has covered many events for GOA'L, Adoptees Solidarity Korea, and Truth and Justice for Adoptees Commission in Korea.

Chang Ji-young once dreamed of becoming an unmarried mom voluntarily in protest against the unfair prejudice towards them here. However, two years ago, when the 34-year-old former business consultant became pregnant by her former boyfriend, she first considered getting married to him.

"Facing the reality was totally different from vaguely assuming it," said Chang, who is currently raising her daughter alone after her boyfriend didn't keep the marriage promise. Her parents and brother tried to persuade her to get an abortion or to give up the baby for adoption. But she resisted and her family turned their backs on her and the child.

The KWB has met Ji-Young several times, most recently when she spoke at the “60th Women’s Policy Forum” presented by the Korean Women’s Development Institute’s last forum on FEB. 24th of 2010, just days ago. Sponsored by the Korean Unwed Mothers Support Network (KUMSN) and attended by Dr. Richard S. Boas, MD and President. NYTimes-Effort to Defend Unwed Mothers and also notes the work that Jane Jeong Trenka, and the members of both ASK and TRACK have openly done to support them.

The KWB totally supports these efforts for these reasons. Korean women who have chosen NOT to Abort their babies MUST be given support because they

According to the Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs, about 6,000 to 10,000 babies are born out of wedlock every year in Korea. In the year 2007 there were 7,774 babies born to Unwed Mothers. Unwed mothers are struggling against Family, Society, and lack of Government support to keep their children and raise them. Yet, thousands are given up for Domestic, Civil, and ICA adoption.

PLEASE NOTE: ICA ONLY ACCOUNTED FOR 1,268 IN THE YEAR 2007, FIGURES FROM THE MAY 2009 report from the

Executive Summary

Reviewing Issues on Unwed Mothers' Welfare in Korea

Sources : Ⓑ Ministry of Health, Welfare, and Family 2008. Total Number of Adopted Children

Sorry, got to shout here, Every baby Given up by it’s Korean Mother must be available ONLY for Korean Domestic adoption for FIVE (5) months BEFORE being considered for ICA!!! The Figures are THIS:

2007	Babies born to Unwed Mothers
7774	Total
2,464	Kept by MOTHERs
2,656 Total 1388 Domestic 1268 (ICA)	Adoptions InCountry by 4 Adoption Agencies and InterCountry Adoptions (after 5 months old)
3014	Unidentified?? MAYBE SECRET CIVIL ADOPTIONS???

At the Feb. 24th KWDI Forum on Women’s Policy, EVERY SPEAKER lamented the lack of details from the Government on exact figures for Unwed Mothers, single head of households (Divorced/widow), EVEN how to FIND these answers by altering the CENSUS scheduled this YEAR. Thanks to the Forum the various NGO’s and Provincial/Federal Officials can solve these issues.

Fearing financial and social struggles, 96 percent of unmarried pregnant women have abortions, and of those who choose to give birth, 70 percent give up their children for adoption, the state-run Korean Women's Development Institute reports.

The KWB notes that this has been updated by 2009 figures from KWDI that show 37% of Unwed mothers are keeping their children. This means only 63% are giving up for adoption, for CIVIL adoptions NOT covered in Government Stats, Domestic Adoptions, and THEN the ICA (InterCountry Adoptions).

In the United States, only 1 percent of unwed moms choose adoption, according to the U.S. Health and Human Services Department. NYTimes

In 2007, 7,774 babies were born out of wedlock in South Korea, 1.6 percent of all births. (In the United States, nearly 40 percent of babies born in 2007 had unmarried mothers, according to the National Center for Health Statistics.) Nearly 96 percent of unwed pregnant women in South Korea choose abortion, according to the Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs.

The KWB Does NOT feel anger or put blame on these women who DO have Abortion, They have the Right to Choose. They also have the right to Choose to GIVE UP FOR ADOPTION. YES? Contact KUMSN, Dr. Boas and see how you can help. Take time out and DO something, it will help you also understand WHAT YOUR KOREAN MOTHER FACED when she had to decide what to do with YOU.

When it comes to welfare services, Korea still lags far behind other developed countries. Childcare, in particular, is one of the biggest obstacles for working moms, regardless of their being married or not.

However, while married or divorced women receive support from their expanded family members for childcare and other family affairs, such support is absent for unwed moms, making them more vulnerable.

The Korean War Baby believes that we must support these brave Korean mothers, who actually number thousands. The founding members of KUMSN are only the tip of the iceberg at 50 some members. There is a move to becoming a Non-Government Organization (NGO) and if you are interested contact Dr. Richard BOAS at richardboasmd@gmail.com

PLEASE FACTCHECK THE KWB!!! If you disagree SHOW HIM YOUR FACTS, engage in dialog and discussion. We can/should/must work together for the good of every child in our homeland.

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A what? Cliff? Oh...Cleft, A CLEFT LIP? OMG

koreanwarbaby@gmail.com (korean war baby) — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:42:00 +0000

"Satan sent you to drive me crazy, that right Private? I CANNOT BELIEVE What you JUST SAID!!!"

"A what? Cliff? No...Cleft, a CLEFT LIP? OMG!"

The KWB and his 1st wife K. were meeting with a Korean woman who had been married for ten years but was 'barren' or infertile. Or so they thought, as the JipSa Nim (Deaconess in an Evangelical church) told us the wrong translation, she actually just had no children but had become pregnant several times. After carefully backtracking and careful questioning, it became understood that the woman's last pregnancy had been 'terminated' because of a MRI scan that showed that the baby had a Cleft Lip.

His wife was stunned, having worked in a hospital she knew that this was a correctable and fairly common procedure that was done requiring several operations depending on the severity of the condition. They asked many more questions and learned Yes, it was a minor Cleft lip condition and could be corrected by two operations but everyone in the husband's family insisted to 'get rid of it' or Bari Da 다리다. "IT" was too shameful to have to deal with and everyone in the large church would know about it. So at 28 weeks into her pregnancy with a 'boy baby', this woman tearfully told them that she had had Another 'operation'.

"ANOTHER operation? She had another one before?" The 1st wife was now asking the questions rapid-fire through the Jipsa Nim. "How many "Operations did you have?" The Jipsa Nim apparently already knew and told us "Oh, she's had five, Anio? Six, this was her sixth...it was boy baby. Pastor agreed she should do it." The previous 5 were girls and the family of the husband wanted a boy first. This is an unusual case but not entirely unknown as the sex ratio of male to females in some rural areas reached 130 males to 100 females. This is why over 160,000 mixed-racial or Multi-cultural marriages have produced 103,000 mixed-blood children!)

Now 1st wife was speechless and the KWB had to ask the Jipsa Nim to repeat again about the pastor. The pastor had told the couple that it "It's okay, because it would be too shameful and embarrassing to give birth to such a baby."

'such a baby'!! Do you see why the KWB weeps tears of anger and Rages against injustice? This is one of the reasons his first wife could not stay in Korea anymore. Go look at the Overseas Adoptees Korea here.

You will find the stats on children with cleft lips under Disabilities

언청이 means cleft lips. From 1961 to 2005 there were (2,005) children with CLEFT LIPS (the government keeps excellent records, eh), sent away from the land of their birth for ICA or Overseas adoption. Because every year only 3 % take by adoption those "disabled" souls.

OH, THEY WERE KIDNAPPED/Laundered for profit!!! YEAH right! NOT TRUE!! BOGUS!!!

Perhaps we could get some of these children, (who according to a few "Non-Humans-사람아니야", should have been terminated with extreme prejudice) to speak about their lives?
The KWB is sending emails to these 'victims of child laundering/kidnapping???' and will post reply to his query, "Gee, kid, do you wish you had been aborted? You know, instead of being sold to 'rich white Adopters".

Can I get a Hell, NO!?!

Not to say "there are no cases of this horror" because IT DOES happen. YES, kidnapping and laundering by lowlife scum who REALLY do profit from sex trade, child labor, selling boys and girls IN China, and many other countries has and will happen. That is the purpose of the Hague Conventions on Adoption/Child Protection to regulate these things properly. But being given away by grandparents is not the same as kidnapping, is it? One famous adoptee claims that she was 'kidnapped' for adoption but fails to mention it was her Father's Mother (Paternal grandmother) who sent her secretly away because she disapproved of her son's marriage) and then claimed the two children were "kidnapped" on a police report. Instead they were given to a JeongMae (Mid-wife who took them to another city and claimed they had been 'found'). Procedures must be in place to prevent this from being attempted again. With the advent of the Internet and identification, cross referencing with every police station in the country this should NOT be able to take place. BUT it has in the past, IN A FEW CASES. COME on give me the facts!!! Prove your case.

It is the tactic of "Some" to apply the "all" label to these matters. Such illogical statements defy sensible minds, and puts 'poop in the soup'.

Some friends have told the Korean War Baby that he should NOT talk about the big "A" word. NO, not Adoption, but the other "A" word-ABORTION. But in This Thing of Ours-Adoption, one cannot avoid it, it is the BIG WHITE ELEPHANT in the room, or the 700 lbs Gorilla.

Let it be KNOWN, He shall be quiet NO MORE.

From OAK:

	Domestic Adoptions					Overseas Adoptions
Year	Reason for Relinquishment			Condition of Child		Reason for Relinquishment			Condition of Child
연도	UnwedMother	Institution	Poverty	Normal	Disabled*	UnwedMother	Abandoned	Poverty	Normal	Disabled*
	미혼모	시설	극빈가정	정상	장애*	미혼모	기아 등	극빈가정	정상	장애*
1995	680	297	48	997	28	2,019	21	140	1,135	1,045
1996	906	271	52	1,212	17	1,916	26	138	1,145	935
1997	1,064	258	90	1,400	12	2,018	8	31	1,273	784
1998	1,067	287	72	1,420	6	2,271	9	163	1,526	917
1999	1,369	199	158	1,712	14	2,253	5	151	1,584	825
2000	1,350	234	102	4,668	18	2,356	2	2	1,726	634
2001	1,428	221	131	1,756	14	2,434	1	1	1,693	743
2002	1,344	203	60	1,678	16	2,364	1		1,538	827
2003	1,181	210	173	1,544	20	2,283	2	2	1,638	649
2004	1,250	236	155	1,634	7	2,257		1	1,553	705
2005	1,095	172	194	1,434	27	2,069	4	28	1,364	737
Total	12,734	2,588	1,235	19,455	179	24,240	79	657	16,175	8,801

Motivation to Serve

koreanwarbaby@gmail.com (Don Gordon Bell) — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:40:00 +0000

Why do I want to serve GOA'L

Korean War Baby
Holt #A-20

What motivates me? If you check My Story on my blog at the top you would find out that I was one of the first of thousands of Korean Adoptees to find homes in a land that was not their own. I am now 58, or 59 by Korean accounting, one of the Old Guard, 'saved' from the devastation just after the Korean War. I was a Korean War baby and one of thousands of 'war babies' born of Foreign troops serving in Korea, born from liaisons with Korean women-children born out-of-wedlock, rape, or abandoned by the 'fathers' who returned to their countries. I was on the first plane from Holt Adoption Program, leaving on May 21, 1956. I lived most of my life only knowing about the war through books, MASH television series, studying TaeKwonDo, meeting Korean Marines and soldiers in Vietnam. My level of understanding my mother's people was about 2 on a scale of ten.

Pastor Peter Kim's Wife (Choi SaMoNim), Kathy, me. 1995

Ilsan compound, Holt Museum.

I first came back to my mother's land, in 1994 for a two week visit with a Korean pastor from the church I attended in , followed by 3 more two week ministry trips with my church from the USA. From the first meeting with Ami Nafzger after Nolin Stratton's introduction, I saw the need for the organization of GOA'L as the Founder presented it to us. At first it seemed like we would be some sort of loose Support Group which was a good idea. I was very surprised to see how quickly we grew, how many adoptees were actually in the country. By word of mouth, newspaper articles in the English dailies, the word got around and the meetings swelled.

YeoSeong DongAh article, June 1997

When Korea experienced the crisis wrongly called IMF (who actually helped Korea recover and OPEN up to more foreign investment), I was here and almost left but I felt compelled to stay and help prepare Koreans for Globalization. By being here I had a chance with all my students to expose them to the realities of people of mixed-heritage or as they say, mixed-blood. Constant rejections done in subtle ways, never face to face, faced me all the time. Though upset and even angry, I knew that deep down it bothered my PAIN inside that I must deal with personally. I must face my own 'demons' before I could help Koreans with theirs.

When Korea approved the F4 Visa in 1999 I was one of the first to get one. For all overseas Koreans up to 25% ethnicity, a grandparent of Korean genes, it gave Korean Adoptees a better chance to come and learn about their homeland, stay for awhile if they wanted and make a living by first teaching English or even their European languages for our brethren from the EU. More and more began to come, some to search for their biological family, many to discover their roots and what being a Korean really meant. I went with some to meet their families for the first time, a very emotional time for all.

After getting married to a Korean woman, a public servant with a gun, in 2005 for the next 3 years I could not attend the conferences but dropped by the office and kept in touch. I felt that GOA'L was in great hands with the new leadership and that the fundamental functions and ideology of GOA'L were being carried on by those who were dedicated to helping Korean Adoptees from all walks of life and countries, maintaining an openness to all stories, attitudes, viewpoints in the complex issues of This Thing of Ours-Adoption. We who are of the Diaspora are from the entire spectrum, those who do not plan to return to Korea to those who have come back, searched and found family members with various results, some have changed their names to reflect their Korean identity. Adoptees attitude about their own adoption ranges from Happy to Sad, content to unsettled, peaceful to filled with rage. It is like Black to White and all the degrees of Grey in between.

Then two years ago, I met two students who were Domestic Korean adoptees. I discovered that there were thousands like us, thousands perhaps equal to the 170-200 thousand Overseas/InterCountry/TransRacial/Trans-Cultural adoptees. Both of the two students had been secretly adopted, and were Late Discovery Adoptees, who told me how they found out in a shocking way. The more I searched it surprised and then shocked me even making me angry. I checked about Korea and learned about the legend of Princess Bari, the seventh daughter of a Chosen King, who threw her away and abandoned her to death because she was just a girl, and he needed a son to inherit his Crown. Bari da actually means "to throw away" so it is called in english "The Abandoned Princess"but she became the Matriach of the Mudang, the woman priestesses of Shamanism.

BaRi Gong Ju-Abandoned Princess

Princess Bari's story matched my student's life and it helped to explain why she was considered unlucky to be born, a seventh daughter by her Natural/Birth mother, because of the unluckiness of her being a 7th daughter. TIK-This Is Korea we must consider the cultural differences. Her story is an example of women's place in Korean society since the late Neo-Chosen period. As I discovered through various sources the actual numbers and began to study on the internet for the first time in depth. I joined with activist groups ASK and TRACK, both groups I found concerned with the issues of our Birth mothers who actually wanted to keep their children.

I began to study more and more, every aspect of the issues of Abortion, birth mothers, domestic and ICA adoption, the psychological and mental effects of abandonment, difficulties of some in attachment disorders. I had so much information and no way to express it, then I took the plunge and began to blog in June of 2009, hardly knowing the simplist tasks at first, needing "blogging for Dummies" desparately. I found that site!

This is what "Pulled me back In" just when I thought that my involvement with GOA'L would just be limited. This is why I am so passionate about This Thing of Ours-Adoption. GOA'L provides a safe and neutral hub, a place where an adoptee can come for help in their journey of self identity, searching for their bio-family, working and living here, whatever their needs and wants are about. I believe strongly that we must remain open to all, let all voices be heard and NOT be bias in any way.

There are some who think that GOA'L should be against Adoption, Intercountry and Domestic, and therefore represent a group that DO believe that only supporting Unwed Mothers to keep their children is the answer. Regrettably this is not the case as my research and the facts show that only some of the thousands of Adoptees from Korea feel this way. GOA'L must not be tunnel visioned nor ignore the majority of adoptees who have not yet come to a place where they have formed an informed opinion on these matters.

Therefore, I throw my hat into the ring, declaring myself as a candidate for the position of Secretary General of Global Overseas Adoptee's Link website GOA'L . Please mark your calendar for the General Meeting on 27 March, Saturday, place and time to be announced. You must be physically challenged, oops, physically PRESENT in order to vote...Stone age rules from the Korean government it seems, they haven't caught up with Cyberspace/Internet/Online Voting yet. Sigh!

Sincerely,

Don Gordon Bell

RESILIENCE in Seoul! One night only! - RESILIENCE in Seoul!

koreanwarbaby@gmail.com (Don Gordon Bell) — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:11:00 +0000

Seoul premiere of Tammy Chu's documentary RESILIENCE!

WHEN: Wednesday, March 3 at 8:20pm.

(runtime: 75min)

WHERE: Theatre Hypertheque NADA (Seoul) - located on first floor of Dongsoong Art center in Hyehwa, Seoul
Tix: 7,000 reservations available starting March 1 through Interpark Internet Ticketing or by phone: 02-766-3390

Directions:
(Subway) Take exit 1 at Hyehwa Station, subway line 4. Turn right on road between Bangsik Flower Shop and Naksan Garden.

(Bus) Take bus 101, 102, 106, 107, 109, 151, 161, or 273 to Dongseong High School. Walking towards Hyehwa Station, turn left on road between Bangsik Flower Shop and Naksan Garden.

Map available at: http://www.dsartcenter.co.kr/
Dongsoong Art Center: 02-766-3390

RESILIENCE has been selected by the Asian Cinema Fund (ACF) to be presented in "AND Showcase 2010", a special showcase for independent films and documentaries in Korea.

Every Wednesday night throughout February and March, a different film selected by ACF will be shown at Hypertheque NADA in the Dong Soong Art Center in Hyehwa, Seoul.

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“Just when I thought I was out...they pull me back in.”

koreanwarbaby@gmail.com (Don Gordon Bell) — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 10:02:00 +0000

A ‘Founding Member’ of GOA’L Speaks Out

“What? I am a ‘Founding Member’?” I was at the 10th Anniversary of GOA’L and speaking with Founder Ami Nafzger and her husband Aaron who had come back for the Conference held in 2008. Ami told me that I certainly was one of the first dozen to join, after Nolin Stratton had introduced me to the fledgling group meeting in coffee shops. This was pre-IMF and there were no Starbucks, Coffee Bean, etc. back then. It was cool to meet European adoptees like French-Korean Mihee and others from several different countries and states in the USA.

I had not been to a GOA’L meeting for a year or more, because I now lived out of Seoul. After I got married to a ‘Real Korean’ in 2005, I moved to Ansan City 90 minutes southwest of Seoul. I continued with all my Private Tutoring jobs in Seoul and faced the back and forth, boring travel each day. I re-read old pocket books, subscribed to two daily newspapers, bought many paperback books.

Staying out late, which is a requirement for Social events with GOA’L members were almost impossible, having to leave by 10:30 or I would be stranded half-way when the subway stopped. Adoptees friends left and more came to visit, some to stay and work. I even missed a couple of conferences as trips to the United States conflicted with the schedule.

I remained an active member though and dropped by the new offices, met some of the new faces of Korean volunteers and Adoptee on the staff. Things were in good hands I saw, under SG DaeWon Wenger and the GOA’L staff such as Nicole, Hoya, Kyung Hee, and so many others I cannot name. There were always amazing and dedicated to their work, getting minimum pay for many hours of work.

Then in March of 2008 I met a Korean student who listened to standard explanation of who I am. I gave her ‘My Story’ about my Adoptee Identity. I was unprepared for her own Story as a Late Discovery Adoptee, she was a Domestic Korean adoptee who like 97% are NOT told that they were adopted. This is totally wrong, and I began to research about her story and found the legend of Princess Bari, the Abandoned Princess. Bari da actually means "to throw away" so it is called in English "The Abandoned Princess", so fitting for us in a way.
Next post will be my motivation for running for the position of Secretary General.

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Drums of Shame

koreanwarbaby@gmail.com (Don Gordon Bell) — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:53:00 +0000

Today the KWB attended the Korean Women's Development Institute's Policy Forum, concerning the issues of Unwed Mothers. Dr. Boas and his wife were in attendance, (not sure but perhaps with their Korean daughter by adoption). Of course some of the members of Korean Unwed Mothers Support Network (KUMSN) were also there with their children.

More on the substance of the Forum on next post. It is late in the morning now, but during the forum, as he was looking around at the audience he was struck with how FEW MEN were attending. Less than 10 in the audience and only one Male panel member. The number of Korean women were possibly 85-100 including a dozen Adoptees. Some Mothers with small infants in backpacks walking around, a couple of older children, very well behaved by the way.

Suddenly a fact came to him, "Fifty percent of Korean women of childbearing age have had at least ONE or More Abortions". Now stats can be misleading but the KWB has read this from different sources and personally met dozen of Korean women who admitted that they had even been advised by Pastors and Priests to have abortions. Could be "Every other One" in this room..."WOW, Fifty percent, what deep pain, a collective agony of so many wounded in their hearts and minds."

Then another Stat hit him, possibly "350,000 to 400,000" mothers Plus an equal number of fathers who for the most part ran the other direction, have given up their babies and children for adoption. That's a big city, a city without joy...

On the subway heading home to Ansan City, a 90 minute ride, another Inconvenient Truth popped into his mind, the Daily number of Abortions according to the government is 1,000 but the Korean Foster Care Association figures 3,000 and Pro-Life Doctors say 4,000 based on medications they know are issued. "What are the Real numbers?" He was thinking.

"A Vision of Barrels of Terror"

We were crossing the Han River, when the KWB saw in his 'minds eye' many "55 Galleon" Drums, each one FULL of different stages of Unwanted and Unexpected pregnancies that had been terminated/Aborted. The lid was being put on one filled to the brim with flesh and blood. The number of drums seemed to fill a soccer field, then the number "1,000" was heard, called out by an unseen voice. Then "2,000" was heard...it doubled the drums now stacked two high. Now, "3,000" tripled the stacks, until finally "4,000" was called out. Each time the stacks of drums reached another level.

Then the drums were being loaded into trucks, delivered to different locations. Some to Korean scientists to "Harvest" the blood, broken, torn bodies, some for Beauty products, others to labs for Stem Cell Research. It was a just a daily delivery and it all flashed through my mind in moments, but in agonizing slow motion."

"What was that?!" The whole thing happened before crossing the river to Tonjak Station leaving him speechless and numb, fighting to hold back emotions that threatened to ruin his tough guy image. "It was like a movie, a horror movie."

Holt International – Blog » The Gift of a Miracle

koreanwarbaby@gmail.com (Don Gordon Bell) — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:26:00 +0000

The Korean War Baby presents THIS STORY as another reason for Korean people to reconsider the Abortion option. Yet, if this young girl was born alive and discovered to be “GASP…damaged with ear problems” well, only a Few Brave Koreans, REAL KOREANS, would even consider adopting her. She would have been one of the 97% of Special Needs children sent to Overseas families willing to take them. YES, only 3% of the yearly SN children are adopted by local Korean families because, well, it would be embarrassing for them. We have a LONG way to go yet...
Holt International – Blog » The Gift of a Miracle
HOW DARE SOME OF YOU, claim some NONSENSE that ALL InterCountry Adoptions should STOP. What is your answer for the Special Needs children? Will you stop them from finding a family? What of the Half-breeds like the Korean War Baby? Should we all have been “terminated with extreme prejudice?” What say you to that? EH?
I am certain that MOST of you would NOT think that, except for some lamebrain idiots (if the shoe fits…), most of you are educated and MUST be aware of the circumstances of the Societies of “Sending countries”, such as Korea and Haiti…Some reports have it that adults in Haiti have escaped to the USA and left their children as SINGLE orphans, abandoned and Unwanted by their family/society.
“ Some of the children lost their parents in previous
disasters, including four tropical storms or hurricanes that killed about 800 people in 2008, deadly storms in 2005 and 2004, and massive floods almost every other year since 2000. Others were abandoned amid the Caribbean nation's long-running political strife, which has led thousands to seek asylum in the U.S. - without their children - or by parents who were simply too poor to care for them.” Seatle Times Article
There are no simple answers but ABSOLUTE and ALL INCLUSIVE statements are foolishness. This is just one of the comments that a few posted on a social network, against others with no consideration or thought. The case was certainly a very extreme case of a woman who has given many of her children away for adoption. Certainly she needs some counsel but the hate of some few against both the “surrogate woman” and the families who adopted is par for the course with a few extremists:
“i wrote to the adopter. i think they're both ASSHATS. Any woman who gave a child up for adoption who doesn't walk around with a massive guilt load has no heart or soul.” 1st poster
“…these women are BOTH heartless. they are BOTH child abusers and they BOTH deserve to be locked the phuck up. i HATE evil, greedy, baby hungry mother phuckers like this.” 2nd poster
This conversation went on and on, such hate and preconceived judgment against ALL women who give up and people who are willing to “Take by Choice” an unwanted child. The KWB tried to be civil in his response…WHERE ARE THEIR MINDS?
NOT everyone feels this way, there are extremes on “almost every camp”. Can’t we all get along? BUT what a story of a miracle, you may not believe it but the ways of God are difficult to fathom. The KWB has seen some of these things with his own eyes, yet also seen the Perfect Healing-death and on to the eternal life beyond this world. May he be found worthy on the day of his own passing. May you also know ‘peace that passes understanding’ in whatever faith you believe in.

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British UN chief defends leaked email criticising Haiti charity workers - Telegraph

koreanwarbaby@gmail.com (Don Gordon Bell) — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:37:00 +0000

The British UN chief rightly has criticised aid agencies working in Haiti for poor coordination and resourcing, which he said weakened confidence in their ability to deliver, according to a leaked email.

British UN chief defends leaked email criticising Haiti charity workers - Telegraph

19 Feb 2010

John Holmes called on the agencies in the memo to take a more "aggressive approach" to help Haiti following the earthquake on January 12 and said there were "major unmet humanitarian needs".

However, he later claimed that staff at the UN, nongovernmental organisations and the Red Cross and Red Crescent were working in Haiti "in incredibly difficult conditions and actually doing a very good job."

"We need a shelter surge and a sanitation surge to go along with the food surge that happened over the last couple of weeks.

"Rubble removal is a massive challenge and then we have to get on to early recovery and education and agriculture, cash-for-work and all those kind of areas."

Mr Holmes, who heads the UN office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said the email made a technical point about "the kind of trust and leadership support that's needed rather than saying we're failing in some way."

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KWB responds to Bastard Nation

koreanwarbaby@gmail.com (Don Gordon Bell) — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:59:00 +0000

The Korean War Baby answers this post by Bastard Nation:

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

BASTARD NATION STATEMENT ON HAITIAN ADOPTIONS AND "BABYLIFTS"

Please distribute freely

For the last week, Bastard Nation, like the rest of the world, has been watching the devastation of Haiti. The images are frightening, sad, and heartrending, especially those of the children.

We have also watched with alarm the rush to rescue Haitian children by adoption. Within three days of the earthquake, Catholic Charities of Miami had set up a scheme modeled on Operation Pedro Pan, a joint State Department-CIA-Miami Diocese project in the early 1960s to separate children from their parents, creating young pawns in the US war against the Castro government. Although “Operation Pierre Pan” in Haiti is on hold, at least for now, numerous evangelical churches and ministries, adoption agencies, secular organizations, unfinalized adoptive parents and other individuals--many with conflicts of interest--have joined the rescue mission call to remove children immediately, no matter what their family status, to the US for the purpose of adoption.

Haiti is still under rubble. Aid is slow to arrive. Survivors are spread out in shelters and camps, or live in the streets. The dead are unnumbered, unknown, and unnamed. Family members continue to search for each for other, and it will take weeks or even months for final conciliation.

The rush to relocate orphans, quasi-orphans, and potential orphans internationally is ripe for coercion and fraud. Adoption agencies, church agencies, and ministries especially--along with fraudulent and predatory “child welfare” agents--have much to gain from fast removal. The trafficking of Haitian children for sex, servitude, and adoption operated in Haiti before the quake. It certainly operates now. The unethical and possibly unlawful mass transfer of traumatized children, many with family status unknown, to foreign shelters, foster care, and adoption agencies, removed from their culture and language, with little hope of family reunification cannot be allowed or tolerated. We urge US State Department and other US authorities in Haiti to (1) remove private special interests and those with conflicts of interest, such as adoption agencies and ministries, from the child welfare decision-making process and (2) halt the evacuation of children and their placement for adoption in the US.

We also urge the State Department to suspend pending adoptions. Haitian paperwork is lost or destroyed. Rock Cadet, the judge most responsible and knowledgeable about pipeline cases, died in the quake. Though the US Embassy survived, US paperwork is probably unavailable for some time, if it still exists. Without proof of Haitian court or Embassy status, any adoption removal from the country, without thorough background investigation and due process, is illegal and not in the best interest of the child

Needless to say, no new adoptions should be processed.

In the post-quake chaos, children need protection from predatory snatchers. Bastard Nation, therefore, supports the expedited removal of Haitian children, orphans or otherwise, to credible and documented parents or family members in the US for temporary or permanent placement depending on the circumstances. These children must not be assumed adoptable and scooped up for fast-track adoption. They should be a top priority. We urge the State Department or other government or credible private and disinterested agencies to assist Haitians in the US to locate child kin and bring them to the US.

We understand why people want to open their arms and hearts to the children of the Haitian earthquake, but adoption is not emergency or humanitarian aid or a solution to Haiti’s ongoing problems. The immediate rescue effort in Haiti should focus on emergency services, individual and family care and family reunification, not family, community, and cultural destruction and the strip-mining of children.

This statement has been faxed to the US State Department.

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The Korean War Baby concurs that the situation in Haiti must follow the international Hague Conventions, though I do wonder has the Haitian government signed it? Don't think so, but the US State Dept. HAS frozen all NEW adoptions.
US State Dept./faq_adoption_haiti

The "gang that couldn't shoot straight from Idaho" misled by a woman who is unaccredited, untrained, unprepared, NOT a missionary...they are a great opportunity and provide a "Teaching point" to educate the BEST way to proceed on helping Haitian people. A hierarchy of options DO exist, yet perhaps a Commission should be set up by the Haitian government on these issues (we must remember quite a few are dead so it will take awhile).

Evan B. Donaldson's Policy Paper suggests a 2 year time period to sort things out based on the 2004 Tsunami.

That being said:

Question, IF paper work exists of a PENDING adoption under process, with copies certainly in possession of the US Adoption Agencies and families...THEN WHY should they NOT be pushed through? That makes no sense at all. Both Haitian and others (even UNICEF) seem to think these cases should go forward.

Before the earthquake, it was reported by Kent Page of UNICEF that 380,000 Haitian children were SINGLE orphans and about 50,000 were DOUBLE orphans. You DO know what that means? Orphanos in the original Latin language and יםתו yâthôm Hebrew language both have these meanings- "Fatherless" as well as "parentless". The UNICEF and Hague Convention uses the term for children with ONE parent living, or BOTH parents dead.

The numbers of children have absolutely increased YET precautions must be done in order that Family Preservation does take place; then ethnic Haitians in other lands adopting relative, then non-relatives; perhaps then "rich white liberal/democrat folks" who have already adopted TransRacial children so they will have siblings of different color...Lastly, would be those "horrible unscrupulous people who want to force Christian values of Love and colorblindness on unfortunate children who are unwanted by their blood relatives or actually Given up by them".

There is the Hierarchy that the Korean War Baby thinks should be done.

Don Gordon BELL

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Quite frankly folks the KWB commented already on the US State Department's statements on this matter. Jan/KWB

It is huge crisis that needs to be addressed by USA, United Nations groups such as UNICEF, and all the NGO's helping over there. There has been talk of setting up a Commission but we must remember that almost every Haitian government building along with hundreds of employees were KILLED.

Those who want to adopt must be patient and let things get settled, give support to the accredited orphanages already in place with a history and proven track record. Let everything be done in proper manner, but the KWB sees NO reason to stop adoptions that were in process to be expedited after proof is shown.

Attention Korean Adoptees Living in SEOUL!

koreanwarbaby@gmail.com (Don Gordon Bell) — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:28:00 +0000

Hosted by Korean Women's Development Institute
Sponsored by Korean Unwed Mothers Support Network (KUMSN)

The Korean War Baby will be attending this TOMORROW, WED. Feb 24, Get there at 1:30 pm to register. Located at the Press Center in Seoul, just east of the City Hall. See Map below

Dear friends,
You are cordially invited to a forum on unwed mothers sponsored by Korean Unwed Mothers Support Network and KWDI Feb. 24 in Seoul. The invitation is attached.

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TRACK 진실과 화해를 위한 해외입양인 모임

PayPal: truthreconcile@gmail.com
우리은행 1002-738-888382

http://www.adoptionjustice.com

(Looks like this is under construction)

For those challenged in Korean, this PRESS CENTER is just North

of the City Hall building under construction.

Best to go to CITY HALL STA (시청역) exit # 4

The right side of the map is NORTH. The building has "Press Center" on the top and plaza in front.

In the Matter Of Cha Jung Hee

koreanwarbaby@gmail.com (Don Gordon Bell) — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:40:00 +0000

The Korean War Baby presents update on MuFilms World Premiere at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival!! Pass this on:

Dear Friends,
We are proud to announce that IN THE MATTER OF CHA JUNG HEE
will have its world premiere as a Special Presentation at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. Please join us!
Friday, March 12, 6:45pm, Landmark Clay Theatre, San Francisco
Saturday, March 13, 3:00pm, Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley
Sunday, March 21, 6:45pm, Camera 12 Cinemas, San Jose
For Tickets and Screening Details:

ABOUT THE FILM
Her passport said she was Cha Jung Hee. She knew she was not. So began a 40-year deception for a Korean adoptee who came to the US in 1966. Told to keep her true identity a secret from her new American family, this eight-year-old girl quickly forgot she was ever anyone else. But why had her identity been switched? And who was the real Cha Jung Hee?
IN THE MATTER OF CHA JUNG HEE is the search to find the answers. It follows filmmaker Deann Borshay Liem as she returns to her native Korea to find her “double,” the mysterious girl whose place she took in America. Traversing the landscapes of memory, amnesia and identity, while also uncovering layers of deception in her adoption, this moving and provocative film probes the ethics of international adoptions and reveals the cost of living a lie. Part mystery, part personal odyssey, it raises fundamental questions about who we are…and who we could be but for the hands of fate.

IN THE MATTER OF CHA JUNG HEE is a co-production of Mu Films and the Independent Television Service (ITVS), in association with Center for Asian American Media (CAAM), Katahdin Productions, and American Documentary/P.O.V., with major funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).

Slide FunSpace on Facebook

koreanwarbaby@gmail.com (Don Gordon Bell) — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:17:00 +0000

Think you got it bad? Need some encouragement? Someone once wrote “I grumbled that I had no shoes, then I met a man with no feet.” Watch THIS story of an amazing person who has no arms or legs:
Slide FunSpace on Facebook

The Korean War Baby is speechless and in AWE about Nick’s triumph in life. His parents and family surely went through great difficulties and his website must be seen. On Korean programs there are often stories like Nick’s of families who DO take care of Special Needs children.

When you see a Downs child in Korea with their family you KNOW that many many more were “terminated” because in 97% of Koreans minds ‘less than perfect’ is not good enough. How many “Nicks” have been butchered among the millions aborted in Korea…in the USA…in every country of the world?
The KWB took matters into his own after “fathering” two children to 2 different women. He had a vasectomy at 28 years old, certainly an extreme measure which he regretted years later when he and his wife tried to have children through IVF. The operation was done because of the guilt that he felt, bringing two children into this world that would not know their biological father. He continues to search for his son who was born in France by his Vietnamese mother. Watch for the whole story in “The Korean War Baby”, a book in progress.

Kimchi Mamas: Research study on Korean adoptees

koreanwarbaby@gmail.com (Don Gordon Bell) — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 04:14:00 +0000

Hey out there, Yes…You who are Adopted from Korea. Please take 15 minutes out of your busy schedule and DO THIS SURVEY. It is SO necessary for understanding THIS THING OF OURS-ADOPTION, that as many take these surveys to get a more accurate picture. Even the Evan B. Donaldson’s Adoption Institute Survey had less than 200 Korean Adoptees nation-wide.

And DUDES, wassup with yah all? Got time to Facebook, play computer games, but MALE ADOPTEES are woefully lacking in taking part in surveys. Only 25% take part, We NEED your input. Get off your butts and take the survey. Ladies, get on Facebook, My Space, Twitter, etc. and encourage the Male Korean Adoptees to DO something.

LET’S GO VIRAL on this Survey!!!

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Kimchi Mamas: Research study on Korean adoptees

Research study on Korean adoptees

I recently received an email from my friend Saebom, who is a Korean adoptee doing a research study on the experiences of Korean adoptees. This is such an under-studied topic, and I think it's so important that Korea adoptees are starting this research. Please help out if you can, and feel free to pass this information along!

We need your help if you are a Korean adoptee who is:
* Currently 20 years or older
* Went to Korea at age 20 or older
* Went to Korea and RETURNED to pre-Korea life
Please respond to our independent research study!
There are only 49 questions, and it should take 20-30 minutes.
Email us for the password at 2curiouskads@gmail.com,

and then proceed to this link: KwikSurvey
BY Special Permission- Password is imakad

Be sure to enable cookies before you start so you can go back later on if you need to.
Some of these questions might seem personal, but the more open and honest you can be the more helpful your responses will be for other adoptees. Please know that your responses are generated anonymously.

"Here’s some info on us. We are Korean adoptees, 32 and 35 years old, who've been Korea 2-3 times. After we returned from Korea last year we felt isolated. Displaced. Confused. Unable to ease back into our pre-Korea lives. We wondered if other adoptees felt the same way. More importantly, if they didn't, what had they done to prevent these feelings from manifesting? What sort of foundations, behaviors, life circumstances did they have in place that enabled them to feel rooted and connected when they returned? And how could this information offer support to other adoptees?
This is where you come in. If we get enough responses we will develop the results into a presentation for the IKAA Gathering in Seoul this summer so that your responses will help others just like you.
Much appreciation,
Rae Anne and Saebom

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The KWB took the Survey and IT DID NOT TAKE BUT 30 MIN.

Really folks, please pass this link along and take TIME OUT. You may find the questions helpful in sorting out YOUR FEELINGS, eh! Thank you Rae Anne and Saebom for putting this together. The Korean War Baby salutes you both!!!

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Sisters Together Again-Haitian Adoptees reunited

koreanwarbaby@gmail.com (Don Gordon Bell) — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:33:00 +0000

Read the entire article to see how the KWB exposes the “heartless child-napping of these Haitian sisters, stolen from their culture/family/people into a horrible life as playthings for Infertile Rich White Adopters, just Shocking!”

OH, they were not kidnapped, not Laundered, NOT stolen…The Moores have other children? Hmmm, NOT Infertile, they must be RICH, Hey maybe they will force Christian values on them.

GET A GRIP, PEOPLE!! When all the procedures are followed adoption is a great thing. Go ahead, prove it wrong…

Haitian children united with PERMANENT families

14 children from Holt Fontana Village in Haiti travel to the United States to be united with their permanent families

Happiness and tears washed over the faces of the caretakers and staff at Holt Fontana Village in Haiti on Tuesday, February 2nd, as they all gathered around to say goodbye to 14 children departing to Miami to unite with their permanent families.

“There were lots of tears,” said Holt Vice President of Adoption Services, Lisa Vertulfo, who accompanied the first group of children to Miami. “The caretakers sang a hymn and then the staff broke into “How Great Thou Art” in Creole.”

The children, already matched with adoptive families prior to the devastating earthquake in January, had their adoptions expedited. Seven more children from the Village will hopefully

Holt International – Blog » Sisters Together Again

“You came.” Those were Nephtalie’s first words to her big sister, Martine.

Martine had come home to us from *Haiti in April 2008. When her sister, Nephtalie, needed a permanent family, we were already two years into the process of adopting Martine and because of this, the two sisters would not be able to come home together. When we left Haiti with Martine, we promised Nephtalie we would return for her.

The two sisters were reunited on February 3rd. Nephtalie told Martine how much she had missed her and how long she had waited. Later that day another child from Holt Fontana Village also told Martine how Nephtalie had been waiting for her.

The separation of siblings is one of the tragedies of children without parents to care for them. Martine and Nephtalie are together now, but the two-year wait was obviously heart wrenching for a 6-year-old to remember a promise given two years before. We felt frustration here, while she was longing over there…too young to understand why she had to wait.

I am thankful for the wonderful care my girls received at Holt Fontana Village. I know many other children, now home, who were living in far less than ideal conditions before they arrived at Holt Fontana Village. However, even good food, shelter, and competent, loving caretakers do not make up for a family. We had at least one year to go before Nephtalie would have come home.

God, in his mercy, used this horrific event, which took so many lives, to bring these sisters back together and many other children to their forever families.”

*Holt’s Haiti program is currently closed to new adoption applications, but we invite you to research some of Holt’s other country programs where thousands of children are waiting to belong to a permanent family.

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Doing it the Right Way is the only way. The Korean War Baby thinks These Adoptions were done “In the best interest of the Children”.

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Balance-What is it?

koreanwarbaby@gmail.com (Don Gordon Bell) — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:33:00 +0000

Balance-What is it?

"Military tactics are like unto water; Water shapes its course according to the nature of the ground over which it flows; the soldier works out his victory in relation to the foe whom he is facing. Therefore, just as water retains no constant shape, so in warfare there are no constant conditions. He who can modify his tactics in relation to his opponent and thereby succeed in winning, may be called a heaven-born captain."

Sun Tzu "The Art of War"

Sun Tzu wrote one of the classics on warfare, and his principals are studied by military leaders to this day. Warfare is constantly changing conditions and the commander who is able to modify, and adapt quickly will win the battle. The commander must take all the information of the enemy and his own forces and find the BALANCE then change or TIP the balance in his favor.

In Martial Arts training Balance is a central part of training no matter what style or system one learns.

The Four Stages of Effective Martial Arts Training From this site

In the martial arts one should learn the concepts of Center of gravity, Balance, Shifting balance to defend or strike,

No movement. In stillness, you discover the precise location of your center of gravity. You learn to position your limbs and torso such that balance is maintained with minimal effort. The ability to remain upright is a vital skill, both figuratively and literally.

Solo Movement-Graceful movement requires stability and balance. Without these qualities, you must constantly engage your muscles (and your mind) just to keep from falling down. Solo movement training teaches you the exact amount of effort required to move your body from one position to another. To master solo movement is to end the fight between your mind, body, and the force of gravity.

Movement with a partner. This non-competitive training builds sensitivity to your partner’s position and intention.
Without training in this stage, you will often find yourself reacting to what your partner did in the past, or to what they might do in the future, rather than what they are doing in the present.

Combat takes place in the present moment, and nowhere else. Attempting to prevent the past or predict the future is an exercise in futility. Effective self-defense requires calm awareness. Balance has far more layers to it when understood from a kinesthetic perspective.

Horse Stance practice

Chuck Norris & Bruce in "Game of Death"

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Balance is Constantly Shifting and Fluid

You are probably wondering "what does the KWB mean Now? What has this got to do with balance in This Thing of Ours-Adoption?" The ability to be "in the present moment" is very important, both in fighting arts, conducting war, and in any changing environment. The issues in adoption are changing, have changed over the years, i.e. reasons for giving up/relinquishing or Policy, Laws, Hague Conventions, and many more are in flux. The entire so called 'industry of adoption' is evolving and to understand it all one must do many things. Balance can come only to those who are constantly AWARE of these changes, adjusting, learning, moving our OWN POSITION as new facts are learned.

If we only focus on US not on THEM, we cannot have balance. Happy Adoptees vs. Angry Adoptees, Adopters vs. Birth/Natural Moms, the divisions are clear and strong many times. The more the KWB studied and learned, the MORE he realized how COMPLEX and DIVERSE, each group feel and believe. He found his Center of Gravity and thus his position shifted slightly, yet he became more aware that many DO NOT listen to the other's views, they have cut off understanding.

They have a Blind Spot, some of them, like Blinders for a horse drawing a buggy to keep it from worrying about distractions. Blinders are put up in front of the horses’ eyes so that they can focus on what lies ahead of them. So that they don’t get scared or distracted by things happening in their periphery vision. This helps horses but we need to we need to Take off OUR BLINDERS and reevaluate the PRESENT Situation. Some people only see their point of view and refuse to see the other sides. They don't even read the books and articles of "THEM" and therefore have a Blind Side or Blinders on, preventing them from hearing the heart and soul of THEM. And Them don't know about US, it is a vicious circle.

A fellow blogger told him recently, "I hate politics, Can't we All just get along?" Only when we open our eyes of our hearts and understanding to the OTHERS can that come to be. Let's open our eyes, stop thinking of "Them" as the enemy. It begins with YOU, then You, and so on, change our heart and mind, take of the blinders,

"Adoption Healing-A path to Recovery" by Joe Soll

koreanwarbaby@gmail.com (korean war baby) — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 05:57:00 +0000

New Tricks in Blogger!! Look under the Banner, Blogger has new Pages (up to 10) that open into a special page format thingy. Awesome, been trying to learn how to DO that for a long time. Latest PAGE is on Dr. Joe Soll's excellent book.

This is THE book for Adoptees but Joe even has another book just for Birth/Natural mothers. Go check out the PAGE above and see the Table of Contents and the Welcome chapter. We all need to understand ourselves...someone said, "Know thyself" or whatever. Adoption professionals, Adoptive Parents, government officials, everyone involved in This Thing of Ours-Adoption, NEED to know what is inside this book.

YouTube - MIRACLE BABY

koreanwarbaby@gmail.com (Don Gordon Bell) — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:46:00 +0000

Ezekiel 16:4-6
Eze 16:4 And as for your birth, in the day you were born your navel was not cut, nor were you washed with water to cleanse you. And you were not salted, nor swaddled at all.
Eze 16:5 No eye pitied you, to do any of these to you, to have compassion on you. But you were thrown out into the open field, because your life was despised in the day that you were born.
Eze 16:6 And when I passed by you and saw you squirming in your blood, I said to you in your blood, Live! Yes, I said to you in your blood, Live!

This baby LIVES and may be living in a RICH WHITE PRIVELEGED HOME near you. GEE, the KWB wonders if the Mother’s Rights were abused when her baby was lost to adoption…(Of course Some/many mothers did get pressured, some even 'forced' by the facts of life to relinquish/give up their babies...Not talking about these, folks. THIS IS ABANDONMENT.)

The Korean War Baby does NOT judge the Haitian woman who left her baby in a latrine, crying out for life, struggling to breath. Even for a country as poor as Haiti this was shocking for them, but notice that people stood around looking on without helping, just curious for the longest time. Finally some begin to try cleaning the shit from it’s tiny body. What circumstances could bring a human being to do this? We can never understand unless we were in her place, because we do not know what she herself has gone through. Perhaps she is mentally ill, had a total breakdown, under drugs, driven by circumstances we will never know. We cannot condemn her or even blame her without knowing WHY.

This is an EXTREME but not isolated incident. It represents only a FEW cases of Abandonment in the worse kind. In South Africa in 2002 there were estimated 3,500 cases of Infanticide and Abandonment by parents. This is why groups of NGO’s and churches have set up “Safe-Haven Baby-Drops” where newborn babies can be left with no questions asked. Many women DO give up their rights as a mother, without SIGNING PAPERS. This just IS what it IS, Life sucks sometimes.
Links:

A baby hatch is a place where mothers can bring their babies, usually newborn, and leave them anonymously in a safe place to be found and cared for. This kind of arrangement was common in mediaeval times and in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when the device was known as a foundling wheel. FoundlingWheel_BabyHatch

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ASafeHavenForNewborns
Baby hatches as such are not known in the United States; however, all 50 states have introduced "Safe-haven laws"^[10] since Texas began on September 1, 1999. These allow parents to legally give up their newborn child (younger than 72 hours) anonymously to certain places known as "safe havens", such as fire stations and hospitals.

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IMFCrisis_KoreanMoneyWoesBreakUpFamilies
In this article it highlights what happened after the so called IMF crisis in late 1997-98.

Korean Money Woes Break Up Families

By Sang-hun Choe, AP, Saturday 9 January 1999

In the first half of this year, 2,348 children were sent to the nation’s 272 welfare facilities, up from 826 in the same period of 1997.
But abandoned or orphaned children looking for homes face two hurdles in South Korea—a Confucian society that values strong family ties and sees them as different blood, and a government that actively discourages adoptions by foreigners.
That leaves the nation overflowing with children waiting for adoption, often in crowded facilities. The government’s quota does not reflect reality, said Kim Young-bok at the Eastern Child Welfare Society, one of four agencies licensed to handle foreign adoptions. The quota has forced the agency to reject new applicants.
The government introduced the quota system two years ago after news media and politicians began calling overseas adoptions a disgrace to then affluent South Korea. From a high of 8,000 a year during the 1980s, only 2,057 Korean children were adopted abroad last year.
We are in a dilemma, said Lee Chang-june of the Health and Welfare Ministry. We must get rid of our image as a major exporter of orphans. But people are not adopting children at home.
Despite a government campaign to make adoptions more socially acceptable, the number of children adopted by South Korean families has remained at around 1,200 annually for several years.”

CAN YOU SAY, “UNWANTED BY MY MOTHER’S PEOPLE!”

BUT some say rich white priveleged Adopters apparently STOLE us so they could have/save a cute little Asian kid. OH, the horror. What a bunch of CRAP.

In the years since the ‘98 crisis Korea has recovered and yet every year 10,000 children are ABANDONED into the system. The main reasons to cut the numbers of ICA/Overseas adoptions each year is to

SAVE FACE

The next time some idiot tells you that your adoptive parents ‘stole’ you from your mother, remember this: That’s not the stats. The ungodly truth that we who were LUCKY to be sent OUT of this country must deal with is that Korea is a society that boasts that is it the 11th or 13th in the world, BUT does not take care of its own. Our Western Minds think “how can they NOT take care of their own?” or “Why do Koreans send their children away? You are poor, no more”

HELLO!!! It is NOT about the economy being good. The excuse of poverty does NOT apply. Maybe in the 50’s and until early 1970’s but the REAL reasons go to the BLOOD.

Only its own Blood relatived/Genetically matched relatives are important to the Majority of the Korean people. TIK-This IS Korea.

This is why 97% of Domestic and CIVIL adoption is SECRET. Nothing to do with Having money…People are having only ONE child because it costs so much to raise them.

This is the Language of Blood that OUR mother’s people continue to hold onto godless Neo-Confucian belief that society is still centered around.

Even large numbers of Christians who should NOT think that way, DO. If the KWB had just 60 minutes on Korean Christian television…the sermon he would preach would burn some ears off, ala fiery 19th evangelist and abolitionist preacher, Charles Grandison Finney known for the 2nd Great Awakening Revival.

Maybe if the Christians of Korea got revival they would support natural/birth mothers more in their own families, and society might actually wipe out the need for the 300 institutions and Foster Care, etc. etc.

Until that day, fellow Adoptees and friends, all of you in This Thing of Ours-Adoption let us work together.

North Korean Refugees

koreanwarbaby@gmail.com (korean war baby) — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:31:00 +0000

Grant Montgomery
Family Care Foundation
The KWB found this site with tons of information on North Korea and an NGO, Family Care Foundation, that helps children in 50 countries. George Montgomery has run his blog since September 2005. Go check out his links. These are the groups that need our financial help, not 'well meaning but inexperienced' folks that got caught up in the mess in Haiti. Be sure to know the group you send money to and double check later, there are unscrupulous criminals who take advantage and literally steal the rice/bread from the mouths of babes. Eight of the people have been released, By the Way, they are only volunteers who trusted their leadership. The two women will be vilified but even their motives were pure, but misguided and ignorant, even being fooled by a 'lawyer' who is wanted for the very crime they are alleged to attempt. Waiting for the real facts to come out. We must wait for the truth to come out.

Meanwhile, the police chief of Port-of-Prince laments that over 5,000 prisoners escaped and are back with their criminal gangs. These are some of the real traffickers of children/women/men that must be watched, not some 'fly-by-night' so-called missionaries without credentials.

For those who really do pervert the system and rob the poor, widows and orphans, it is very clear that they will suffer, not necessarily in this life. Their HELL will be much worse than others. May GOD deal with them, for it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of a vengeful God.

Doctors Performing Fewer Abortions-OH NO!

koreanwarbaby@gmail.com (Don Gordon Bell) — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:36:00 +0000

Doctors Performing Fewer Abortions

Joong Ahn Daily

February 12, 2010

"Due
to the recent media reports and actions by a group of doctors, many obstetricians in Korea have stopped performing abortions. A clinic in Suwon, Gyeonggi, said that until this year it had performed 50 to 100 abortions a month, making up to 40 million won ($34,572).

Starting this month, however, it stopped altogether.

The nation is locked in a heated controversy over abortion after an obstetricians’
group, Pro-Life Doctors,

reported three hospitals to prosecutors for allegedly conducting illegal abortions.

Abortion under Korean law is illegal except for in special circumstances including pregnancy by rape and for mothers with a contagious disease or mental or physical
illness. Even so, illegal abortions have long been swept under the rug,
widely performed in hospitals throughout the country.

Women who want abortions say that they have
been left with no choices. “Is the government saying that I should have
a baby, no questions asked, even though I can’t support myself or don’t
want a baby?” said a woman in her 20s at a hospital."

The KWB comments: We reported on this development last year as Joong Ahn Daily and Korea Times led the English daily papers to report on these facts. The government worries about the declining birth rate and seeks to encourage more births, even giving 'incentives' and 'bonus' to families that have a 2nd or 3rd child. The Pro-Life Doctors are making their moves after little action by the government. That is par for the course for the government, such as the Dogmeat Restaurant Laws passed immediately after the French expose' during the 1988 Olympics created quite a fuss about Korea. The other issue was the exporting of children for adoption, with many voicing the argument "Korea is no longer poor, why do they send their children abroad" (This will be a separate post as well).

The KWB noted back then, Here and There that it was only a step away that the government would make it difficult or even outlaw women having abortions. WELL Here we are:

Pro-Life/Pro-Choice/Don't have Sex?/What will happen NOW? YOU just watch...The KWB predicts, no HE Prophesies (He KNOWS) that the numbers of "Babies Born to Unwed Mothers" WILL INCREASE for the year 2010. All figures will increase, Hopefully the number of Mothers Who Keep Their Babies will stay at roughly 33% but the other 2/3 will go off the charts. SUPPLY of LIVING Korean Babies will go up like a 4th of July Rocket!!

Does this mean the Daily Death Details (the 3D's) might go down? Will women be forced to find illegal and potentially dangerous "Coat Hanger" operations? NOTHING to worry about folks, there are lots of doctors and clinics who will RAISE the PRICE and keep on doing business.

Remember the estimate of the government is ONE Thousand per DAY that are 'terminated' or 'ended', you know the 'UNWANTED Pregnancy' that is just SO inconvenient. The Pro-Life Korean Doctors know the facts, because they have the numbers of doses of medicine and operations, estimate FOUR thousand per DAY.

Oh, and according to the latest figure, 21 Babies were born each day, (7) seven were KEPT by their mothers (Report by Korean Women's Development Institute and KUMSN).

Domestic (official and CIVIL) accounted for (SECRETLY) (11) eleven, and the LEFT OVER 3 (Three) were adopted by "RICH WHITE ELITIST LIBERALS WITH WHITE PRIVILEGE" OR so some people say. Uh, this is NOT true as quite a few Korean Adoptees are adopting and the Race of most Adopters is not ALL white. PLUS-The government figures sorta hides the SPECIAL NEEDS children who are adopted because they are UNWANTED by 97% of the Korean people. Oh, and we are not even looking at the Abandoned that go into the Foster Care then Institutions until they grow up, with NO FAMILY.

The number of Unkept, Undomestic/civil adoptions, will likely NOT be able to handle the SURGING numbers of Babies that will not be murdered but BORN ALIVE and THEN WHAT? Domestic (official numbers) adoptions actually dropped last year and Civil adoptions increased since now they can Keep it a dirty secret. Late Discovery Adoptees in Korea will becoming a common shock and awe for many, though they are being careful to MATCH THE BLOOD TYPE of Adoptee and SECRET ADOPTIVE PARENTS. Gotta keep it hidden, don't want the neighbors to know!

This is SUPPLY AND DEMAND pure and simple folks. The Supply continues to outdo the Demand on the home front, as the "Real" Korean people, For whatever reasons they have, simply do not support unwed mothers enough. Will many inconveniently pregnant women be faced with "Is the government saying that I should have a baby, no questions asked, even though I can’t support myself or don’t want a baby?"

INDEED, You saw it here first on the Korean War Baby, who accurately foretold in the future that the Government WOULD make it DIFFICULT to 'terminate with extreme prejudice' all those UNWANTED PREGNANCIES.
LORD help us, and our future brethren in
THIS THING OF OURS-ADOPTION!!!

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