Kim Tong-hyung
Reporter
The Associated Press
Kim has been covering the Koreas for the AP since 2014. He has published widely read stories on North Korea’s nuclear ambitions, the dark side of South Korea’s economic rise and international adoptions of Korean children.
Stories from Kim Tong-hyung
Mom Sues After Learning Her Missing Son Was Adopted Out of South Korea
South Korean Truth Commission Halts Probe Into Adoption Fraud, Hundreds of Cases in Limbo
South Korea’s Truth Commission Says Government Responsible for Fraud and Abuse in Foreign Adoptions
Thousands of Children Adopted by Americans Are Without Citizenship. Congress Is Unwilling To Act
Who Am I? A South Korean Adoptee Finds Answers About the Past — Just Not the Ones She Wants
Did This Happen to Me Also? Korean Adoptees Question Their Past and Ask How To Find Their Families
Western Nations Were Desperate for Korean Babies. Now Many Adoptees Believe They Were Stolen
Interactive: ‘Who Am I, Then?’ Stories from South Korea’s Adoption Reckoning.
Adoption Fraud Separated Generations of South Korean Children From Their Families, AP Finds
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