USKRG in the News
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September 7, 2026
Truth & Reconciliation Commission News
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September 7, 2026
Kyunghyang Shinmun
On the morning of the 7th, the national flags of 11 countries, including the South Korean flag as well as Norway, the United States, and France, flew in front of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in Jung-gu, Seoul. A coalition composed of 13 overseas adoptee organizations from 11 countries—including KoRoot and DKRG—and domestic unmarried mothers' groups held a press conference that day. They urged for a truth investigation into the illegal overseas adoptions perpetrated over the past 70 years and submitted a motion to recuse Standing Commissioner Jang Young-soo.
September 7, 2026
Money Today
KoRoot, the Danish Korean Rights Group (DKRG), Domestic Adoptees Solidarity, and the Korean Unwed Mothers Families Association held a press conference in front of the TRC in Jung-gu, Seoul, on the morning of the 7th.
June 1, 2026
Korean Quarterly
Two Korean Americans from the Midwest, one from Minnesota and one from Chicago, are leading up a small organization with a big job. The newly-formed U.S. Korean Rights Group (USKRG) is a group of Korean American adoptees who will dialogue with South Korean government as part of a global coalition of Korean adoptees from many countries.
May 11, 2026
The Korea Times
A recent data breach at the National Center for the Rights of the Child (NCRC), exposing sensitive personal records of adoptees, is drawing criticism from overseas adoptee groups and raising questions about the agency's credibility. David Castlen, a Korean adoptee based in the United States and director of IT and cybersecurity at the United States Korean Rights Group (USKRG), said his individual breach notice — which he accessed on May 5 — showed it had exposed a wide range of identity-linked data, including his name, date of birth, photograph, adoption records, passport information, place of birth and information about his adoptive family.
