Korean Adoptee Resources - MAIN.
Posted to Paperslip on May 6th, 2025.
Below you will find RESOURCES and LINKS for Korean Adoptees.
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For OTHER (previously created) RESOURCE pages on Paperslip, please see:
Adoptee Resources Online + In Korea
Academic Papers
Articles
Books
Films and Videos
Korean Citizenship + F4 Visa
Learn About Your History
Misc.
Translation Apps
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Birth Family Search Resources:
GOAL Korea
Conducts on-the-ground birth family searches in Korea.
Paperslip.org:
NEW! Advisory Sessions - Free for KSS Adoptees | Paid for Non-KSS Adoptees
We do not conduct on-the-ground birth family searches in Korea—however, we can advise Korean Adoptees on the basics of birth family search, and refer Adoptees to further resources which are not shared publicly on Paperslip.org. Many people say that we know more about birth family search than almost any other Korean Adoptee.
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Korean Adoptee Tours:
Please do your own research on these tours.
Mosaic Tour:
https://meandkorea.org/apply
*Please note that the Mosaic Tour is an Adoptee ONLY tour. This tour does not allow you go on the tour with family members, nor are you permitted to travel TO Korea with family members for the tour.
The Mosaic Tour prioritizes those who have been recommended by an alumni—an Adoptee who has previously gone on the tour.
Asia Families:
https://www.asiafamilies.org/korea-tour
GOAL:
https://goal.or.kr/
https://www.facebook.com/goal.kr
In addition to homeland tours, GOAL also has offers on the ground birth family search services for Korean Adoptees in Korea.
We do not recommend the INKAS Tour.
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Facebook Groups For Adoptees From Specific Korean Adoption Agencies:
For Eastern Social Welfare Society (ESWS) - formerly Eastern Child Welfare Society (ECWS) Adoptees:
I am an adoptee from Eastern Social Welfare Society
For Holt Adoptees:
K-Number via Holt
For KSS (Korea Social Service) Adoptees:
KSS Cribmates
Korea Social Service (KSS) Adoptees Searching For Birth Family - 한국사회봉사회
For Korea Welfare Society (KWS) / Formerly Social Welfare Society (SWS) Adoptees:
Korean Adoptees of Korea Welfare Services (formerly Social Welfare Society)
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GENERAL Korean Adoptee Facebook Groups By Topic:
GENERAL Korean Adoptee Facebook Groups:
Korean Adoptees
US Korean Adoptees
Adoptees Living In Korea:
Adoptees Living in Korea Discussion Board
Birth Family Search Related:
Korean Adoptees searching for their birth families
*Please note that this is a PUBLIC group.
*Please BE CAREFUL in sharing sensitive documents online.
DNA Testing:
DNA tested Korean Adoptee's and Korean War Veterans
*Please note that this group is a mix of Adoptees and Non-Adoptees.
Hapa (Mixed Race) Adoptees:
Hapa (Half) Korean Adoptees
Korean Citizenship:
Information center on restoration of Korean citizenship by KADs
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Korean Adoptee Facebook Groups By US State:
*Please note that this page is UNDER CONSTRUCTION. This list is not exhaustive—to find additional groups, simply search on Facebook for terms such as “Korean Adoptee” or “KAD” etc.
California:
AKA-LA Association of Korean Adoptees-Los Angeles
AKA-SoCal Association of Korean Adoptees - Southern California
The Association of Korean Adoptees – San Francisco (AKASF)
AKASD - Association of Korean Adoptees San Diego
Florida:
FLKADs (Florida Korean Adoptees)
Georgia:
Atlanta KADs
Illinois:
KAtCH: Korean Adoptees of Chicago
Massachusetts:
Boston Korean Adoptees
Minnesota:
AK Connection- Adopted Korean Connection
Minnesota Korean Adoptees
Minnesota Arrowhead Region Transracial Adoptees
Missouri:
Korean Adoptees of St. Louis (KASTL)
Nevada:
Korean Adoptees Las Vegas
New York:
Also-Known-As, Inc.
Pennsylvania:
KAAP - Korean Adoptee Association of Philadelphia
Texas:
Austin Korean Adoptee Network
Washington:
Seattle Area Korean Adoptees
Korean Adoptee Facebook Groups By Country:
Australia:
KADS Connect Australia
Canada:
Korean Canadian Adoptee Association
Denmark:
Åbenhed i Adoption & Adoptionstrekanten
*Please note this is a PUBLIC group and is NOT run completely by Adoptees.
Korea Klubben
Germany:
Koreanische Adoptierte Deutschland e.V. (KAD) - Community
Netherlands:
Arierang.nl
Switzerland:
Korean-Swiss network
*Please note this is a PUBLIC group and is NOT run completely by Adoptees.
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Korean Adoptee Facebook PAGES By Organization:
Paperslip’s PUBLIC Facebook Page
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Free Online Facial Comparision Tool:
We’ve been testing this tool out a lot today, and while of course it is not 100% accurate, we have tried it on many known Korean siblings / twins from the internet and it seems to make pretty reasonable predictions:
https://facecomparison.toolpie.com/
If you have any interest in comparing baby photos in your file, check this out. One thing to note - it's not clear where the developer toolpie.com is located. We think it’s most likely based in China, which is probably a good thing, since it’s likely been trained on Asian faces.
We’ve tried to trick it with similar looking babies whom we know are not related, but it hasn't been easy to trick.
We haven't read through their privacy terms to be honest.
Supposedly photos are deleted after comparisons are made but who knows.
Test this out - like ChatGPT, we consider this recreational, but it's produced some interesting results for us.
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Historical Weather Tool
Check out what the weather was like in Seoul or other Korean (or other) cities back in time using this free historical weather tool:
https://weatherspark.com/h/s/142033/1978/2/Historical-Weather-Fall-1978-in-Seoul-South-Korea