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Also-Known-As

Also-Known-As, Inc. was started by a group of adult adoptees and friends who recognized the invaluable resource of their adoption experience to future generations of adoptees and adopting families

Association of Korean Adoptees San Francisco

The Association of Korean Adoptees of San Francisco (AKASF) is a nonprofit organization supporting the needs of adult Korean adoptees in the SF Bay Area through community outreach, cultural enrichment and social gatherings.

Adopted Korean Connection-akconnection

The mission of Adopted Korean Connection is to provide educational, cultural and social events and information focused on creating a supportive network for Korean Adoptees.

Boston Korean Adoptees, inc

A non-profit organization focused on building a community of adult adoptees with a connection to Korea in the greater Boston and New England area.

Filipino Adoptees Network

The Filipino Adoptees Network (F.A.N.) is a global organization dedicated to supporting, educating and promoting cultural awareness on adoption issues and preserving Filipino heritage.

Paper Lantern

A not-for-profit organization that is passionate about providing social and emotional support for Korean adoptees and their families.

Vietnamese Adoptee Network

The Vietnamese Adoptee Network seeks to maximize the Vietnamese adoptee experience in a caring, supportive environment by networking them to other Vietnamese adoptees and community resources.

Texas Adult Asian Adoptees Group

TAAAG (Texas Asian Adult Adoptee Group) is a group for Asian adult adoptees ages 21 and up in the Dallas-Ft. Worth and surrounding areas. It is our mission to connect with other adult Asian adoptees and to educate current adoptive families through sharing our experiences about growing up in a transracial home. We have monthly events that include dinners and happy hours.
 

IKAA

The objective of the IKAA website is to create a platform to share and exchange information internationally and provide a permanent forum for the network of Korean adoptee associations worldwide.

The Korea Club-The Danish Association of Korean Adoptees

The Korea Club is a group for adult Korean adoptees founded in 1990. We are a non-profit, non-religious and non-political group based on volunteers alone. We have 11 years of experience working with adult Korean adoptees and we want to spread this knowledge in order to further the general understanding for the unique situation that adoption is.

Arierang-Dutch Association of Korean Adoptees

Kobel (Korea Belgium Association): Belgien

AKF Sweden

FKA (Forum for Korea Adoptees): Norge

Racines Coreennes- French association of Korean adoptees

K I D S

Korean Identity Development Society (known as KIDS) is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization founded in 1983 to serve adoptive families and their Korean-born children. Focused on creating a safe, caring and supportive community, KIDS seeks to educate members about Korean heritage and encourages a positive sense of identity and Korean culture pride.

KAAN 

Korean American Adoptee Adoptive Family Network

NKCS North West Korean Culture Society

NKCS is an organization dedicated to the appreciation of Korean culture.

Adoptee Solidarity Korea

ASK’s mission is to address the problems associated with Korean overseas adoption. Through education and activism, ASK aims to raise awareness, advocate change, and support alternatives to intercountry adoption.
 

G.O.A.L-Global Overseas Adoptee's Link

G.O.A.L was established in Seoul, Korea in March 1998 as an independent organization to assist returning adoptees. G.O.A.L unites Korean adoptees from European countries and the U.S. together with over 100 native Korean volunteers. These native Korean members help by providing knowledge about Korean culture, insight about native Korean behavior, and by increasing awareness of adoption issues amongst the general public. In short, G.O.A.L was developed to help adoptees adjust to living and working in Korea, to find a job and a place to live. More importantly, G.O.A.L's presence in Korea fosters awareness about adoption in the Korean government, adoption agencies, and Korean society.

InKAS

InKAS (International Korean Adoptee Services) is a non-profit organization based in Seoul, Korea which protects overseas adoptees and adoptive family's interests.  Some services include, birth family search, translation services, accommodation arrangements and cultural exchange programs. 

Overseas Koreans Foundation-(OKF)

The Overseas Koreans Foundation (OKF) was founded in 1997 to proactively address the dramatic changes in both the type and number of overseas Korean societies, and to promote mutual relations between the societies and Korea. OKF offers a wide range of activities and projects for overseas Koreans including overseas adopted Koreans (OAKs).

IIHR Inje University

GAIPS Global Adoption Information and Post Service Center

GAIPS(Global Adoption Information & Post Service) Center provides the most comprehensive adoption information and post services, both domestic and overseas, on Korean adoptees, birth and adoptive families.



 

MAVIN Foundation

MAVIN is an internationally distributed print and online magazine that celebrates the mixed race experience.

Friends of Korea

"...a non-profit corporation ...promoting greater awareness and appreciation of the value of Korean heritage in the United States."

Korean Quarterly

Korean Quarterly  was formed in 1997 by a group of adopted Koreans, 1.5/2nd and 1st generation Korean Americans and adoptive parents.  Korean Quarterly is published four times a year.  We are a volunteer non-profit organization.  Our purpose is to unite and support the entire Korean American community, including:  Adopted Koreans and their families, first, 1.5 and second generation Korean Americans, hapa, and bicultural Korean Americans.

Korean @doptees Worldwide

Korean @doptees Worldwide, shortened as K@W is an international organization with the purpose of educating both Korean adoptees and the general public about issues that concern Korea and adoption.

Washington Academy of Languages -Seattle

Offers intensive classes in Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese

University of Washington Department of Asian Languages and Literature

Introduction to Korean- a Basic on line guide to Korean language

Korean on line- a service provided by the Sigma Institute.

Learning Hangul

Ten On line chapters to learn Korean by the Ministry and Culture and Tourism of Korea.

AAAW Scholarships 

AAAW offers scholarships for Culture Camps and Korean language studies

A single Square Picture

... a personal odyssey that ascends to the universal, a story that will resonate with anyone who has ever questioned their place in the world ― and had the courage to find the answers.

First Person Plural

In 1966, Deann Borshay Liem was adopted by an American family and was sent from Korea to her new home. Growing up in California, the memory of her birth family was nearly obliterated until recurring dreams lead Borshay Liem to discover the truth: her Korean mother was very much alive. Bravely uniting her biological and adoptive families, Borshay Liem's heartfelt journey makes First Person Plural a poignant essay on family, loss, and the reconciling of two identities.

Twins Found in a Box

Twins were found on a Korean street. They search for a sense of belonging within their adopted American family. The journey begins in 1984 with their father's accident and continues through a maze of uncertainty, inner turmoil and mysterious triumphs
 

Language of Blood

Born in Korea and raised by adoptive parents in the U.S., Jane Jeong Trenka had traveled more miles in infancy than many of us will travel in a lifetime. Her inventive memoir, 'The Language of Blood', bears witness to the fact that 30 years later, her journey continues, marked not by miles but by painstakingly small increments of self-understanding.