Danish report underscores ‘systematic illegal behavior’ in adoptions of children from South Korea

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A Danish report on Thursday said that adoptions of children from South Korea to Denmark in the 1970s and 1980s was “characterized by systematic illegal behavior” in the Asian country. These violations, the report said, made it “possible to change information about a child’s background and adopt a child without the knowledge … Read more

Mexico plugs adoptions for axolotls, amphibian on brink of extinction

Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave Hundreds of years ago, when the Mexica established themselves in what would become the capital of the Aztec Empire, they encountered an alien-looking creature with a permanent grin and a crown of feathery gills. Fascinated, they named it axolotl — water monster — and revered it as … Read more

Russia’s conflict in Ukraine halted adoptions. Now orphans are in limbo.

Touch upon this storyComment KYIV — Wendy and Leo Van Asten first met “M and M” — a brother and sister from jap Ukraine — when the kids stayed on the couple’s house close to Madison, Wis. for 4 weeks on the finish of 2018, as a part of a program connecting Ukrainian orphans and … Read more