Saturday, December 28, 2013


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The Editorial by Kukmin Daily




  1. My name is Laura Whang and I volunteer at an orphanage in Pohang, South Korea and follow your blog. I also write at and wrote an article about the issue of the Baby Box and linked back to your site. I thought you might be interested in reading it.

    1. Dear Laura,
      Thank you very much for sharing the issues regarding th Baby Box. Yes, I read it, and appreciate your work.

    2. I live in Texas. I would love to donate to the orphanage. My email is I have tried to find the address. Please help

    3. Yes, there is a way.
      Please visit the link:

  2. My husband and I are from the US. Are these children able to be adopted, and if so, are they able to be adopted by US citizens? Thank you very much -

    Penny A.

    1. I learned during my last trip to Korea that these babies are available for adoption under the abandonment status. But they are not available for intercountry. Domestically, they can be adopted, but the problem is that the current law has made it much more difficult for parents to qualify, and must be approved by the court. This change and the cultural issue of Koreans wanting secret adoption have driven them away from adopting. Many have dropped out of the adoption processes due to the complexity of the new changes. This aspect of the change to screen out the right parents for children is good one (still not as complicated as ours in the US) but there has to be some balance between the complex process and dealing with the cultural issues in Korea to make adoption work and enhance adoption rather than discourage it. So despite the availability of the children through the Baby Box, adoption is not happening as much as we would like to see. The Koreans see the law as an impediment, thus discouraged to go through it.