KSS Campus Destruction — Spring 2016.
In Spring 2016, without notification to any KSS Adoptees, KSS tore down its old campus, which had been founded in 1964, and sold the land for apartment development. The KSS campus existed between 1964-2016. KSS processed children for overseas adoption between 1964-2012.
A KSS Adoptee who lives in Korea was able to take photographs after the majority of the KSS campus was torn down. She has also allowed us to share other photos taken at KSS, prior to when the campus was torn down in 2016.
You can see information about the old KSS campus, including a way to view it “back in time” on Google Maps, here:
The KSS Receiving Home in Seoul -The Old KSS Campus.
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Please Note:
The KSS Campus, the main building of which was the blue tile roofed “K.S.S. Receiving Home”, was founded in 1964. However when KSS was first founded in 1964, there were just a few buildings — the rest of the campus was built over time. Initially, the “K.S.S. Receiving Home” (a photo of which is on our home page), did not exist. I am not sure the precise year it was built, but it was certainly present by the early to mid 1970s.
KSS tore down the main campus, where ALL KSS Adoptee files were stored in the social workers’ offices on the main floor of the “K.S.S. Receiving Home”.
KSS transferred ALL KSS Adoptee files to a small, Post Adoption Services building at the back of the former KSS campus, which as of October 2026 still remains today. However, this Post Adoption Services building is now PERMANENTLY CLOSED following the July 19th, 2025 transfer of ALL former Korean Adoption Agency files — including those of KSS — to NCRC’s Temporary Storage Facility in Goyang, Gyeonggi-do.
Beginning in November / December 2026, ALL former Korean Adoption Agency files — including those of KSS — will be transferred to the Seongam Branch of the National Archives.
To see a complete history of the file transfers (as of October 10th, 2026), please see:
I visited NCRC’s Temporary Storage Facility in Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, in March 2026, since I knew the files would be transferred again to The National Archives sometime in 2026. Here’s my advice.
You can request a copy of your former KSS adoption file from NCRC:
ALL ADOPTEES START HERE!
FAQ + SITE NAVIGATION.
It is now possible to obtain MUCH more information from NCRC than it was previously possible to obtain directly from KSS.
*Please note that the physical files may be transferred again in the future. Follow the Paperslip Blog for updates.
Above: A photo of the destroyed former campus of KSS in Spring 2016. KSS unceremoniously tore down the campus without notifying any KSS Adoptees, and then sold the land for apartment development. KSS then appears to have converted a garden shed at the back entrance to the property into the KSS Post Adoption Services building in 2016, to which it moved ALL of its former files. The KSS Post Adoption Services building is now PERMANENTLY CLOSED. Once KSS tears down this final Post Adoption Services building, there will be nothing left of KSS’ former campus in Seoul.
This is why Paperslip.org is the living history of KSS.
These KSS files have been transferred many times, which we have documented in the links at the top of this page.
You can request a copy of your former KSS adoption file from NCRC:
ALL ADOPTEES START HERE!
FAQ + SITE NAVIGATION.
It is now possible to obtain MUCH more information from NCRC than it was previously possible to obtain directly from KSS.
*Please note that the physical files may be transferred again in the future. Follow the Paperslip Blog for updates.
Please see:
The KSS Receiving Home in Seoul -The Old KSS Campus.
Above: A photo of the area near the former FRONT entrance to KSS. The front of the campus faced the famous Mt. Bukhansan mountain range.
Please see:
The KSS Receiving Home in Seoul -The Old KSS Campus.
Above: A photo of the former FRONT entrance to KSS.
Please see:
The KSS Receiving Home in Seoul -The Old KSS Campus.
Above: Photos of KSS files sitting in boxes, presumably during the 2016 transfer of ALL KSS Adoptees’ files from the KSS campus to the KSS Post Adoption Services building, on the back entrance to the former campus. KSS normally kept its files in filing cabinets. However, the files were presumably put in boxes for transfer from the KSS campus’ “K.S.S. Receiving Home” to the KSS Post Adoption Services building in 2016.
*Please note that the types of numbers you see on these files are NOT K-Numbers — they are KSS FILE Numbers. I have done years of research into KSS’ various numbering systems. This includes research into KSS’ Child Numbers, K-Numbers, and File Numbers.
To learn the difference between a Child Number, K-Number, and File Number (three major KSS numbering systems), please see:
KSS Numbering Systems
Decoding the KSS Adoption File: A Deep Dive into Its Structure and Three Core KSS Numbering Systems Using the ACQUIRE / COOK / DELIVER Analogy.
KSS K-Numbers
These KSS files have been transferred many times, which we have documented in the links at the top of this page.
You can request a copy of your former KSS adoption file from NCRC:
ALL ADOPTEES START HERE!
FAQ + SITE NAVIGATION.
It is now possible to obtain MUCH more information from NCRC than it was previously possible to obtain directly from KSS.
*Please note that the physical KSS files MAY be transferred AGAIN in the future. Follow the Paperslip Blog for IMPORTANT UPDATES!
Above: CLOSEUP of the preceding photo of KSS files sitting in boxes, presumably during the 2016 transfer of ALL KSS Adoptees’ files from the KSS campus to the KSS Post Adoption Services building, on the back entrance to the former campus. KSS normally kept its files in filing cabinets. However, the files were presumably put in boxes for transfer from the KSS campus’ “K.S.S. Receiving Home” to the KSS Post Adoption Services building in 2016.
Please note that the types of numbers you see on these files are NOT K-Numbers — they are KSS FILE Numbers.
To learn the difference between a Child Number, K-Number, and File Number (three major KSS numbering systems), please see:
KSS Numbering Systems
Decoding the KSS Adoption File: A Deep Dive into Its Structure and Three Core KSS Numbering Systems Using the ACQUIRE / COOK / DELIVER Analogy.
These KSS files have been transferred many times, which we have documented in the links at the top of this page.
You can request a copy of your former KSS adoption file from NCRC:
ALL ADOPTEES START HERE!
FAQ + SITE NAVIGATION.
It is now possible to obtain MUCH more information from NCRC than it was previously possible to obtain directly from KSS.
*Please note that the physical files may be transferred again in the future. Follow the Paperslip Blog for updates.
Above: Another CLOSEUP of the preceding photo of KSS files sitting in boxes, presumably during the 2016 transfer of ALL KSS Adoptees’ files from the KSS campus to the KSS Post Adoption Services building, on the back entrance to the former campus. KSS normally kept its files in filing cabinets. However, the files were presumably put in boxes for transfer from the KSS campus’ “K.S.S. Receiving Home” to the KSS Post Adoption Services building in 2016.
Please note that the types of numbers you see on these files are NOT K-Numbers — they are KSS FILE Numbers.
To learn the difference between a Child Number, K-Number, and File Number (three major KSS numbering systems), please see:
KSS Numbering Systems
Decoding the KSS Adoption File: A Deep Dive into Its Structure and Three Core KSS Numbering Systems Using the ACQUIRE / COOK / DELIVER Analogy.
These KSS files have been transferred many times, which we have documented in the links at the top of this page.
You can request a copy of your former KSS adoption file from NCRC:
ALL ADOPTEES START HERE!
FAQ + SITE NAVIGATION.
It is now possible to obtain MUCH more information from NCRC than it was previously possible to obtain directly from KSS.
*Please note that the physical files may be transferred again in the future. Follow the Paperslip Blog for updates.
Above: Cribs in a nursery in a building on the former K.S.S. campus, presumably the former “K.S.S. Receiving Home”, which was the main blue tile roofed building of the campus. These photos were taken at an unknown date prior to when KSS tore down the campus in 2016 and sold the land for apartment development.
Above: An unidentified Adoptee on an unknown date looks at a family registry document at KSS.
Above: A photo of a file review room at KSS’ former campus in Seoul, at the former “K.S.S. Receiving Home”, which was the main blue tile roofed building of the campus. Over the decades, KSS Adoptees would meet here with a KSS social worker to review their KSS adoption file.
This photo was taken at an unknown date prior to when KSS tore down the campus in 2016 and sold the land for apartment development.
Above: A screenshot of a map of the former KSS campus in Seoul, taken on an unknown date in 2016 or prior.
The bottom is the original photo in Korean. At top is the version we recreated using Google Gemini, which includes an English translation.
To see what the KSS campus looked like in the past on Google Maps, please see:
The KSS Receiving Home in Seoul -The Old KSS Campus.