Tag: Orphans and Orphanages

South Korean Adoptions and a Nation’s Painful Past

South Korean adoptees have been returning to the country to hold the government accountable for what they call a corrupt adoption system that went largely unchanged until recent decades.

September 17, 2023
Western Banks Help Fund Blacklisted Oligarch’s Charity

Konstantin Malofeyev’s foundation funds orphanages in occupied Ukraine. He denies that a child-removal program there is a war crime: “All of this is fake.”

August 27, 2023
London’s Other Royals, the ‘Pearlies,’ Keep Alive Cockney Customs

The Pearly Kings and Queens, known for their button-festooned costumes, preserve a charitable tradition that began in the Victorian era and became a symbol of the city’s working-class culture.

April 29, 2023
Maria Lvova-Belova, the Children’s Rights Advocate Accused of Russian War Crimes

Maria Lvova-Belova says she is running a humanitarian evacuation of abandoned Ukrainian children. The International Criminal Court accuses her of abducting them wholesale.

April 2, 2023
France Brings Home French Wives of ISIS Jihadists From Syria

The country repatriated 16 women from Syria, in a move it had long ruled out. Thirty-five children, including some orphans, accompanied them.

July 5, 2022