Bill Number 2217621, was *actually* recently proposed, and *actually* pertains to the rights and information access of Korean Adoptees. However, this bill has NOTHING to do with “victim compensation”.
"Bill Number 2217621 — unlike this FACT CHECKED supposedly recently proposed bill — was actually recently proposed, and actually pertains to the rights and information access of Korean Adoptees.
Please click here to view Bill Number 2217621.
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According to a Paperslip Contributor, bills like this one can take years to pass.
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Below is the “Bill Submission Information” for Bill Number 2217621, which appears to be a summary of the bill. Below this section, we have posted our ChatGPT translation of the FULL bill.
Please note that neither the “Bill Submission Information” for Bill Number 2217621 nor the FULL bill contain any references to “victim compensation”.
“Victim compensation” is definitely NOT the subject of this bill, though this bill DOES relate directly to Korean Adoptees.
Please see related:
FACT CHECK: Claims of a new Korean bill for Adoptees and concentration camp victims are unverified. Only an older bill exists on the National Assembly site.
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“Bill Submission Information
“Original Bill Text
Reason for Proposal and Main Contents
Reason for Proposal
Under current law, when a person who has been adopted requests disclosure of adoption information related to themselves, the information is disclosed with the consent of the biological parents. If the consent of the biological parents cannot be confirmed or they do not agree, adoption information is disclosed excluding the personal details of the biological parents.
Accordingly, if contact with the biological parents is lost or if the biological parents have already passed away, adoptees cannot obtain information about their biological parents, which has been pointed out as a violation of their right to know.
This bill aims to expand access to adoption information, ensure that the Minister of Health and Welfare can provide necessary support for finding biological family, guarantee adoptees’ right to know, and promote communication with biological parents.
Main Contents
When a person who has been adopted requests disclosure of adoption information related to themselves, adoption information including the personal details of the biological parents shall be disclosed, except in cases where the biological parents have explicitly expressed that they do not consent (Article 33, Paragraph 2 of the draft).
In cases such as the death of biological parents, adoption information shall be disclosed regardless of the consent of the biological parents (Article 33, Paragraph 3 of the draft).
The head of the National Child Rights Protection Agency may, if necessary, request telecommunications service providers to provide the phone numbers of biological parents to confirm whether they consent to disclosure of adoption information (newly established Article 35, Paragraph 2 of the draft, etc.).”
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Below is the FULL text of the bill, according to our ChatGPT translation of the PDF which you can download from the National Assembly page where the summary of the bill is posted.
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Translation via ChatGPT.
“Partial Amendment Bill to the Special Act on Domestic Adoption
(Representative Proposal by Assembly Member Nam In-soon)
Proposed Date: 2026. 3. 19.
Proposers: Nam In-soon · Seo Young-seok · Kim Yoon
Oh Se-hee · Kim Ye-ji · Kim Nam-hee
Kim Jun-hyuk · Lee Ju-hee · Kim Nam-geun
Lee Soo-jin · Yoon Hu-deok · Jeon Jong-deok (12 persons)
Reason for Proposal
The current Act provides that when a person who has become an adoptee under this Act requests disclosure of adoption information related to themselves, the adoption information shall be disclosed with the consent of the biological parents, and where it is not possible to confirm whether the biological parents consent or where they do not consent, the adoption information shall be disclosed excluding the personal identifying information of the biological parents.
Accordingly, even in cases where it is not possible to confirm whether consent is given due to loss of contact with the biological parents, or where the biological parents have already died, it becomes impossible to obtain information about one’s biological parents, and there is criticism that the right to know of the adopted person is infringed.
Therefore, this is intended to expand the disclosure of adoption information and to ensure the right to know of adopted persons and promote exchange with biological parents, such as by allowing the Minister of Health and Welfare to provide necessary support for finding biological families.
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Main Contents
A. When a person who has become an adoptee under this Act requests disclosure of adoption information related to themselves, the adoption information including the personal identifying information of the biological parents shall be disclosed, except in cases where the biological parents have made an explicit expression of intent that they do not consent to disclosure of adoption information (Article 33(2)).
B. In cases where the biological parents are deceased, etc., adoption information shall be disclosed regardless of whether the biological parents consent (Article 33(3)).
C. The head of the National Center for the Rights of the Child may, where necessary to confirm whether the biological parents consent to disclosure of adoption information, request telecommunications business operators to provide the telephone numbers of the biological parents (newly established Article 35(2), etc.).
Act No.
Partial Amendment Bill to the Special Act on Domestic Adoption
A part of the Special Act on Domestic Adoption is amended as follows.
In Article 33(2), in the main sentence, “held with the consent of the biological parents” is amended to “held”, and in the proviso of the same paragraph, “however, where it is not confirmed whether the biological parents consent or where the biological parents do not consent” is amended to “however, where the biological parents have made an explicit expression of intent that they do not consent to disclosure of adoption information”, and in paragraph (3) of the same Article, “where the biological parents are unable to consent due to death or other reasons and there exist special reasons such as medical purposes of the adoptee” is amended to “in any of the following subparagraphs”, and subparagraphs are newly established in the same paragraph as follows.
Death of the biological parents
Where there are special reasons such as medical purposes of the adoptee
Article 35(2) is changed to paragraph (3), and paragraph (2) is newly established in the same Article as follows, and in paragraph (3) (former paragraph (2)) of the same Article, “paragraph (1)” is amended to “paragraph (1) and paragraph (2)”, and “data” is amended to “data and information”.
② The head of the National Center for the Rights of the Child may, where necessary to confirm whether the biological parents consent pursuant to Article 33(2), request, among telecommunications business operators under Article 2(8) of the Telecommunications Business Act, those basic telecommunications business operators that provide telecommunications services using frequencies allocated under the Radio Waves Act, to provide the telephone numbers of the biological parents.
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In Article 40(1)3, “Article 35(2)” is amended to “Article 35(3)”, and “data” is amended to “data and information”.
Supplementary Provisions
Article 1 (Enforcement Date) This Act shall enter into force from the date on which 6 months have elapsed after promulgation.
Article 2 (Application례 concerning disclosure of adoption information) The amended provisions of Article 33 shall apply from cases where disclosure of adoption information is requested pursuant to Article 33(1) after the enforcement of this Act.
New and Old Provisions Comparison Table
CurrentAmendment
Article 33 (Disclosure of Adoption Information, etc.) ① (omitted)
② The head of the National Center for the Rights of the Child who has received a request under paragraph (1) shall, with the consent of the biological parents, disclose without delay the adoption information held. However, where it is not confirmed whether the biological parents consent or where the biological parents do not consent, the adoption information shall be disclosed excluding the personal identifying information of the biological parents.
③ Notwithstanding the proviso to paragraph (2), where the biological parents are unable to consent due to death or other reasons and there are special reasons such as medical purposes of the adoptee, the adoption information may be disclosed regardless of whether the biological parents consent.
<Newly established> <Newly established>
| Article 33 (Disclosure of Adoption Information, etc.) ① (same as current) |
② -----------------------
--------------- held -----
--. However, where the biological parents have made an explicit expression of intent that they do not consent to disclosure of adoption information ---------
---.
③ ------------------------
in any of the following subparagraphs -----------------
--.
Death of the biological parents
Where there are special reasons such as medical purposes of the adoptee
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④ (omitted)
Article 35 (Requests for Cooperation to Related Institutions, etc.) ① (omitted)
<Newly established>
② Data provided pursuant to paragraph (1) shall not be used for purposes other than performing duties under this Act.
Article 40 (Penal Provisions) ① Any person who falls under any of the following subparagraphs shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than 3 years or by a fine not exceeding 30 million won.
· 2. (omitted)
A person who, in violation of Article 35(2), uses the provided data for purposes other than performing duties under this Act
(omitted)
② · ③ (omitted)
| ④ (same as current) |
Article 35 (Requests for Cooperation to Related Institutions, etc.) ① (same as current)
② The head of the National Center for the Rights of the Child may, where necessary to confirm whether the biological parents consent pursuant to Article 33(2), request, among telecommunications business operators under Article 2(8) of the Telecommunications Business Act, those basic telecommunications business operators that provide telecommunications services using frequencies allocated under the Radio Waves Act, to provide the telephone numbers of the biological parents.
③ Paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) -----------
---- data and information --------------
--.
Article 40 (Penal Provisions) ① ---------------
--.
· 2. (same as current)
Article 35(3) ---------------
------ data and information -----------
Used for purposes other than performing duties
A person who used -------------
(same as current)
② · ③ (same as current)”