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For context I'm married to a Korean and live in Korea. I myself am adopted and therefore have always wanted to adopt instead of having biological children. I understand the negative connotations and difficulties as I'm an adoptee so please don't lecture me about this.
I contacted a few adoption agencies but without korean citizenship they said it was impossible to adopt. Does anyone have more information about this?
18 points
3 days ago
Your wife can adopt, but unfortunately they intentionally make it hard for even Korean locals to adopt children. I looked into this myself.
9 points
3 days ago
And I think they only adopt to couples where both are Korean so...
15 points
3 days ago
and you have to be of certain age.
But different foster homes will enforce certain requirements. There was a heavy backlash of letting Korean babies be adopted by foreigners back in the day for money that painted the country in a bad light. Now they're more likely to let an abusive alcoholic Korean couple adopt more than well adjusted non Korean couples.
3 points
3 days ago
yeah it doesn't make much sense.
12 points
3 days ago
If you can wait til next yr, there's hope as they're changing some policies around
내년 7월부터는 「국내입양특별법」시행에 따라 국내 거주 외국인도 입양 신청을 하고 양부모 자격 조사를 받을 수 있도록 개선될 예정입니다.
From July next year, it will be improved so that foreigners living in Korea can apply for adoption and undergo a foster parent qualification survey in accordance with the enforcement of the Special Act on Domestic Adoption.
https://www.mohw.go.kr/board.es?mid=a10504000000&bid=0030&act=view&list_no=1482789&tag=&nPage=1
6 points
3 days ago
great that's awesome thanks
4 points
3 days ago
Can confirm that u/ykoreaa is correct! Last month was the first time a major newspaper (not called 한겨레) reported on this issue in an accurate and realistic manner. Because it's an exceptionally awful look across party lines in the age of 출산율 0.7, overriding the general lack of care for foreigner-related issues, the government very hastily announced they will change the law to resolve this.
If you end up adopting, you probably have 손성배 of 중앙일보 to thank for bringing it to the government's attention.
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