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Since the end of the Korean War in the 1950s, South Korea provided an estimated 200,000 children for international adoptions.

Until that point, Guatemala had been the only country worldwide to allow fully privatized adoptions, and in 2008 accounted for the second largest group of international adoptees after China.

International adoption may also incur additional fees, depending on the country. "Many countries have government or overseas country fees, legal or attorney fees, and in-country fees," Miyama says.

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The findings carry repercussions beyond South Korea, as several receiving countries — including Norway and Denmark — have opened investigations into their international adoptions.

The adoptees, from 11 countries, had long suspected their adoptions were tainted by corruption and malpractice ... of their rights under the South Korean constitution as well as international ...

Since the 1950s, South Korea has sent more children abroad for adoption than any other country, with most sent to Western countries.