Address and Contact Info For Important Locations Related To Birth Family Search Through NCRC.

A one stop spot for important address and contact info. related to birth family search through NCRC.

Please Note:
There are now 3 IMPORTANT physical locations related to birth family search through NCRC:

-Location 1: NCRC’s Main Office In Seoul
-Location 2: NCRC’s Temporary Storage Facility For ALL Korean Adoption Agency Files
-Location 3: NEST

This page contains the address and contact information for each of these 3 locations.

There is 1 IMPORTANT online location related to birth family search through NCRC:

KAS website
Please see:
How To Use NCRC (National Center For The Rights Of The Child) For Birth Family Search

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NCRC - National Center For The Rights Of The Child

Location 1: NCRC’s Main Office In Seoul.

Please note that NCRC’s main office in Seoul is NOT where the files which were physically transferred from ALL Korean Adoption Agencies to NCRC starting July 19th, 2025 are physically housed. NCRC’s main office in Seoul is just where most of NCRC’s workers are. It is possible for Adoptees to schedule an appointment with an NCRC worker at NCRC’s main office in Seoul. However, this is not the location where file reviews will be conducted, as the physical files will be housed at NCRC’s temporary storage facility in Gyeonggi-do, one hour north of NCRC’s main office in Seoul.

Please see below this section for information about NCRC’s temporary storage facility in Gyeonggi-do, one hour north of NCRC’s main office in Seoul, where ALL Korean Adoption Agency files will be physically transferred starting July 19th, 2025.

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For detailed information on NCRC’s main office in Seoul please see:

IMPORTANT! New Changes Coming To NCRC in 2025 - Including NEW Address!

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Above — What NCRC’s building looks like on Google Maps as of Summer 2025. This is an older photo of the building which is a former hotel and has since been remodeled (see photo below).

Above — What NCRC looks like as of Summer 2025. You can see the entrance to the building at lower left. There is a small cafe on the ground floor.

Above — One floor of NCRC’s offices.

NCRC moved its main office to its NEW address in Seoul at the end of February 2025.

NCRC Address in Korean:

서울특별시 중구 세종대로22길 12, 4-10층

NCRC Address in English:

Address: 12, Sejong-daero 22-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul, 4th-10th floors

Alternatively:

Address: 4th-10th floors, 12, Sejong-daero 22-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea (Real Korean Translator Translation of New NCRC Address from NCRC Press Release)

Google Maps location for NCRC’s NEW Address - As of Spring 2025

Google Maps STREET VIEW of NCRC’s NEW Address - As of Spring 2025

*Please Note — NCRC will be CLOSED from June 16th — September 15th, 2025, and will not accept any requests or visits during this time. Please do NOT contact NCRC frivolously, as they do NOT have many birth family search workers! Please ORGANIZE your information and questions BEFORE you contact NCRC — and write simply and clearly, since you are communicating with native Korean speakers. Being disorganized just wastes the time of NCRC and ALL Adoptees.

Also — please note that you ARE NOT ALLOWED to submit a Petition for Adoption Information Disclosure (birth family search) request to NCRC via email. You MUST submit your request via the KAS website. To learn how, please see:

How To Use NCRC (National Center For The Rights Of The Child) For Birth Family Search

NCRC’s email address: familysearch@ncrc.or.kr

NCRC English website: https://www.ncrc.or.kr/ncrc_en/main.do

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Visiting NCRC’s Main Office In Seoul.

Please note that NO paper adoption records / files are stored at NCRC’s main office in Seoul. Please see the section below regarding NCRC’s temporary storage facility for ALL Korean Adoption Agency files which NCRC began to take over starting July 19th, 2025.

Please note that while NCRC workers can write emails in English, most of them do not speak English well (verbally). If you visit NCRC, you will likely need to take a translator — or be prepared to use a translation app such as ChatGPT or Google Translate. Please note that NCRC offices do not offer Wi-Fi.

To visit NCRC, you must set up an appointment by phone or email in advance. Please note that if you call NCRC, you will need a translator, as the automated phone options are in KOREAN ONLY.

Absurdly however, the Adoptee is often required to make the appointment themselves, necessitating coordination between the Adoptee and a translator when making an appointment by phone. It is likely easiest to make an appointment once you are in Korea and can most easily coordinate with a translator. However, if you are able to otherwise coordinate with a translator further in advance of your trip, we advise doing this.

Please note that NCRC offices do not offer Wi-Fi.

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Location 2: NCRC’s Temporary Storage Facility For ALL Korean Adoption Agency Files.

Below — Aerial view:
Naver Maps Link

For detailed information, please see:

“NCRC Secures Adoption Records Preservation Facility in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province”

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Please note that it is not yet clear when / if Adoptees will be allowed to visit NCRC’s temporary storage location for the files which were transferred from ALL Korean Adoption Agency to NCRC starting on July 19th, 2025. We will update this page when we know further information.

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[NAVER Map]

프레시로지물류센터물류센터 / Fresh Ji Logistics Center

688 Ogeum-dong Deogyang-gu, Goyang-si Gyeonggi-do:

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*Note: It does not look like Google Maps has updated in that area since 2018 and the building does not appear on Google Maps.

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Visiting NCRC’s Temporary Storage Facility One Hour North of NCRC’s Main Office In Seoul.

Please note that it is not yet clear when / if Adoptees will be allowed to visit NCRC’s temporary storage location for the files which were transferred from ALL Korean Adoption Agency to NCRC starting on July 19th, 2025. We will update this page when we know further information.

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Maps Showing The Relationship Of The Major Locations Related To NCRC Related Birth Family Search.

The distance between NCRC’s main office in Seoul and NCRC’s temporary storage facility in Gyeonggi-do.

Below: Note that NCRC’s New TEMPORARY storage location for ALL Korean Adoption Agency files which it takes possession of starting July 19th, 2025, is about a 50 minute drive by car and a 70 minute drive by public transportation north of NCRC’s NEW office location in Seoul.
Naver Maps Link

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Location 3: NEST.

For detailed information, please see:

Announcement —

NCRC Partners With Nest: “Support For Visits To Korea And Reunions With Birth Families” Program

NEST appears to be within a very short walk of NCRC’s main office in Seoul.

NEST Address on Google Maps:
#404, 16 Mugyo-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul, Korea

Phone +82-2-535-3217
Office hours: 09:00-16:00 KST
Email: office@nestkorea.or.kr
Website www.nestkorea.or.kr

Address #404, 16 Mugyo-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul, Korea

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The distance between NCRC’s main office in Seoul and NEST.

Click here to see the proximity of NCRC’s main office in Seoul and NEST on Google Maps.

Below — NEST’s address is also at the bottom of its Korean website:
https://www.nestkorea.or.kr/