Detailed Address and Contact Information For Each Location.

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NCRC (National Center For The Rights Of The Child) — 2 Locations:

Location 1: NCRC’s Main Office In Seoul.

UPDATE — October 11th, 2025:
You need to contact NCRC directly — preferably by email — to *book an appointment.

*Please note that NCRC’s Main Office in Seoul does NOT have any former Korean Adoption Agency files! These are stored at NCRC’s Temporary Storage Facility one hour north of Seoul in Goyang, Gyeonggi-do (see info. below this section). There is NO purpose in visiting NCRC’s Main Office in Seoul unless you are handicapped and cannot visit NCRC’s Temporary Storage Facility in Goyang, Gyeonggi-do for a file review. If you want a file review, you should set up an appointment in advance to visit NCRC’s Temporary Storage Facility in Goyang, Gyeonggi-do!

Make sure to schedule at least one week in advance, as they don’t accept walk-ins.

NCRC Contact Information — Email Address and Phone Numbers:

Email address: familysearch@ncrc.or.kr

*Please Note:
When calling from outside of Korea, dial:
+82-2-XXXX-XXXX
When calling from within Korea, dial:
02-XXXX-XXXX

+82-2-6454-8642 English
+82-2-6454-8645 English
+82-2-6454-8638 French
+82-2-6454-8500 Main (Likely Korean Only)

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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 of original adoption documents 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 “Location 2: NCRC’s Temporary Storage Facility For ALL Korean Adoption Agency Files” below this section for information about NCRC’s temporary storage facility in Gyeonggi-do, one hour north of NCRC’s main office in Seoul.

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For detailed address 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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NCRC moved its main office in Seoul to its NEW address 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. You can also try making an appointment via email. Please do NOT flood NCRC with emails, as they have very few workers!

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 in Goyang, Gyeonggi-do (One Hour North of NCRC’s Main Office In Seoul).

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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IMPORTANT UPDATE — July 23rd, 2025:

NCRC: “Records to Be Publicly Accessible Starting October”

On July 23, NCRC held a press conference at the temporary facility in Goyang, Gyeonggi-do announcing that "By the end of August, around 260,000 records from private adoption agencies will have arrived. Starting in October 2025, Adoptees will be able to visit the facility."

Adoptees will be able to request access to their records via the KAS website. The NCRC will scan and send requested documents or allow in-person visits by reservation to the Goyang, Gyeonggi-do facility.

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[NAVER Map]

프레시로지물류센터물류센터 / Fresh Ji Logistics Center

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

Showing General Location:
https://naver.me/FO9CUx3a

Showing Zoomed In Location:
https://map.naver.com/p/entry/place/1539372856?c=17.75,0,0,0,dh 

Showing Location In Relationship To Seoul:
https://map.naver.com/p/entry/place/1539372856?c=11.00,0,0,0,dh 

*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 in Goyang, Gyeonggi-do (One Hour North of NCRC’s Main Office In Seoul).

IMPORTANT UPDATE — July 23rd, 2025:

NCRC: “Records to Be Publicly Accessible Starting October”

On July 23, NCRC held a press conference at the temporary facility in Goyang, Gyeonggi-do announcing that "By the end of August, around 260,000 records from private adoption agencies will have arrived. Starting in October 2025, Adoptees will be able to visit the facility."

Adoptees will be able to request access to their records via the KAS website. The NCRC will scan and send requested documents or allow in-person visits by reservation to the Goyang, Gyeonggi-do facility.

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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 Goyang, 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

Please Note: 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

NEST’s address appears on Google Maps as:
사단법인 둥지 (Nest Korea)
Corporate office

South Korea, Seoul, Jung District, Mugyo-ro, 16 4층 404호

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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 and map is also on its “Directions” page:
https://www.nestkorea.or.kr/pages/map_daum.php