Post Reports Was he given up for adoption? Or was he taken?
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Jul 21, 2025 In this riveting conversation, Kelly Kasulis Cho, a Seoul-based reporter for The Washington Post, dives into the dark world of adoption fraud in South Korea. She reveals how many children were taken from their birth parents without consent, with records often falsified. The discussion unfolds the harrowing journey of an adoptee named Aaron, who grapples with his identity and seeks the truth about his origins. Listeners will be moved by the emotional struggles of those forced to confront unsettling realities about their past.
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Aaron's Adoption Origin Doubts
- Aaron Gregorchuk believed his mother abandoned him at the hospital due to poverty.
- A South Korean report revealed children were stolen and given up for international adoption for profit.
South Korea's Global Adoption Scale
- Over 200,000 South Korean children have been adopted internationally since 1953.
- South Korea leads internationally in number of children adopted abroad due to post-war poverty and limited welfare.
Adoption Fraud and Human Rights Abuses
- The South Korean commission uncovered falsified records, stolen children, and coerced or false relinquishments.
- Some parents were told their babies died, when children were actually adopted overseas.