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In 1976, Korea even came up with a plan to phase out international adoption, making an exception for only mixed-race and handicapped children.
This conflates two different South Korean policies. The 1976 plan aimed to phase out foreign adoption, but the exception for only mixed-race and disabled children was part of a later 1989 plan.
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The sources distinguish two separate policy episodes:
- 1976: South Korea enacted the Five Year Plan for Adoption and Foster Care (1976–1981) to encourage domestic adoption and reduce or phase out international adoption.
- 1989: After criticism during the 1988 Seoul Olympics, South Korea adopted another plan that would eventually limit international adoption to mixed-race and disabled children.
So the post's sentence is inaccurate because it attaches the 1989 exception to the 1976 plan. The broad idea that South Korea tried to curb foreign adoption is correct, but the date and policy details are merged incorrectly.
2 sources
- The past and future of international adoption | Brookings
During Park Chung-hee's presidency, the government passed the 1976 Special Adoption Law and the Five Year Plan for Adoption and Foster Care (1976-1981) ... with the intention of phasing out foreign adoption by 1981.
- Background | In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee | POV | PBS
In 1976, South Korea enacted the Five Year Plan for Adoption and Foster Care (1976 to 1981) to encourage domestic adoption and reduce the number of children going overseas... During the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul ... in 1989 it implemented a plan to reduce international adoptions, eventually limiting adoption to only mixed-race and disabled children.