Adoptee gathering in Seoul
![Participants engage with the speaker at the 2023 Overseas Korean Adoptees Gathering organized by the Overseas Korean Agency, a Korean government body established earlier this year to handle overseas Korean affairs, at the Grand Hyatt Seoul on Monday. Since the 1950-53 Korean War, some 200,000 Koreans born in the country have been adopted internationally. Government and nongovernmental organizations periodically run cultural exchange trips for some adoptees and their families. [YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2023/12/11/5636be7d-a318-4a97-a679-75d4e6db1a5c.jpg)
Participants engage with the speaker at the 2023 Overseas Korean Adoptees Gathering organized by the Overseas Korean Agency, a Korean government body established earlier this year to handle overseas Korean affairs, at the Grand Hyatt Seoul on Monday. Since the 1950-53 Korean War, some 200,000 Koreans born in the country have been adopted internationally. Government and nongovernmental organizations periodically run cultural exchange trips for some adoptees and their families. [YONHAP]
BY ESTHER CHUNG [chung.juhee@joongang.co.kr]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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