Korea never thought we would return. The country abandoned us before we could speak for ourselves. No one knew that we would thirst for our families and roots, that against all odds, we would come back to live here again. No one was prepared for adult adoptees to come back and reclaim our rights.

The narrative of the good country of Sweden, with its noble people, who through adoption, are saving vulnerable children of the world.

International adoption was established as the practice we know today after the Korean War. Children are moved from the global South to the political West, where they are placed in white families, renamed, and have their mother tongue replaced. The demand for adoptable children outgrew the supply. Adoption became more about childless adults who wish to create a family, than orphans in need of protection. As large sums of money are involved, there's a strong incentive to illegally supply the market with what it needs: adoptable children, as young as possible.