KAS 2016 Adoption Manual

Here is the Adoption Manual developed by KAS and the Ministry of Health and Welfare for 2016. Among other things, the practices for birthfamily search are described here. If you are an adoptee, foreign partner adoption agency, or embassy in Seoul who cannot understand the contents of this manual because it is not available in any language except Korean, please do register a complaint with the Ministry of Health and Welfare and KAS. With South Korea aiming to ratify the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption, it is essential that the government communicate its policies to stakeholders in English and other relevant languages.

2016 KAS manual