Aaron Grzegorczyk learned his birth name, Cho Yong-kee, and his supposed adoption story were potentially fabricated after discovering a report on South Korean adoption fraud. He was adopted by Polish American parents after being abandoned by his birth mother at a South Korean clinic. An independent commission's recent report detailed human rights abuses within South Korea's adoption system, including taking children without parental consent and providing false identities. The practice has been characterized as a profit-driven 'industry' that prioritized quotas over ethical standards in child welfare.
The report identifies severe shortcomings in the South Korean adoption system, highlighting that some children were taken without consent and provided with false birth names and fabricated backgrounds.
Many of the adopted children were sent abroad for high adoption fees, often without legally valid documentation or proper screening of adoptive families, reflecting a systemic issue in the adoption process.
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