NCRC Announcement:
September 30th, 2025:
It IS STILL Currently Possible To Submit Requests Online Through The NCRC / KAS Website.

Posted to Paperslip on October 1st, 2025.
Updated October 1st, 2025 at 7:45 pm.
Announcement posted to NCRC’s Notice page on September 30th, 2025.
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Summary:

This info was only shared on NCRC’s Korean website so far.

Please note that NCRC STILL accepts Adoption Information Disclosure Request online via the KAS website, despite the recent data center fire in Daejeon.

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NCRC Clarified On October 1st, 2025:

“Please note that the “Information Disclosure Request” mentioned at that address is different from the “Adoption Information Disclosure Request.” (It is a separate system unrelated to adoption, and adoption records cannot be obtained through it. In addition, foreigners residing outside Korea are not eligible to apply. The application site is different, and it is not processed through the NCRC.)

Since it is unrelated to adoption, we did not post any notice regarding it. At present, adoptees CAN apply for an Adoption Information Disclosure Request without issue through the Kadoption (KAS) website.

We hope this clears up any confusion.

Best regards,

Lee Yoonseo

NCRC”

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Please See Related:
Korea Times Article:
“State Online Services, Networks Crippled After Data Center Fire”.

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Please note that according to NCRC, the Notice below does NOT apply to Korean Adoptees. Korean Adoptees can still submit requests through the KAS website.

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Paperslip Note — This Notice only appears on the KOREAN version of NCRC’s website, as of this writing.

“Notice
[Notice] Information Disclosure Request Operation at the National Center for the Rights of the Child
Posted by: Strategic Planning Department
Date: September 30, 2025

Hello,

This is the National Center for the Rights of the Child.

Due to a fire at the National Information Resources Service, it is currently not possible to submit information disclosure requests via the online system.

Therefore, until the system is restored, we will be accepting requests using the alternative method below.

If you wish to make an information disclosure request, please fill out the attached form and submit it using the following method.

■ How to Submit an Information Disclosure Request (Offline)

○ By Mail:
(04520) 9th Floor, 12, Sejong-daero 22-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul
(Gwanghwamun G-Square)

Thank you.”

Attachment (Please see NCRC’s page (click title link) to download this attachment).
[Attachment] Information Disclosure Request Form (Format under the Enforcement Rules of the Information Disclosure Act).zip