KAAN's Advice For Searching For Birth Families In Korea.
Our suggestion is to make contact with your Korean Adoption Agency first, if they have and will release information, they are the most effective route. If someone does not know their Korean Agency they can contact The Adoption Information Agency, phone number in Seoul, 011 82 2 776 9680

Phone Numbers and Websites for Korean Agencies in Korea

Social Welfare Society: 011 82 2 567 8891 www.sws.or.kr Eastern Social Welfare Society: 011 82 2 332 3941 www.eastern.or.kr Korean Social Service: 011 82 2 908 9191 None Holt Children's Services: 011 82 2 332 7501 www.holt.or.kr/holt/main8/main.htm

Most will have some restrictive policies about search for children under 18.

After exhausting the above resources, these Additional Korean Search Resources are available in Korea:

INKAS (International Korean Adoptee Services) InKAS Webpage (run by a Korean social worker) GOAL "G.O.A.L. Webpage" (adult adoptee group in Korea)

Additional Resources

• KAAN White Paper on Search
  
• Ten Questions to Ask