From Lynelle Beveridge, Founder/Director of Inter-Country Adoptee Support Network (ICASN):
Hi all,
Advising that our Newsboard will be archived for the Month of April by Friday this week … http://www.icasn.org/newsboard.html
May news will be available as of Monday next week. The Newsboard is updated on an ongoing basis so check it regularly to keep abreast of ICA news/info.
All archives are accessible at http://www.icasn.org/news/newsarchives.html
Thanks to those who continue to send through news and info to share on our newsboard!
A reminder, if anyone wishes to have any inter-country adoption issues addressed at the first Australian Peak Group meeting, held 21 & 22 May this month – I’ll be attending and you need to send through your items to me by 19 May at icasn@bigpond.net.au
For more information, visit www.icasn.org, or view our articles from ICASN.
From The Korea Times:
The number of orphans adopted last year declined from a year ago, falling for the sixth consecutive year. But a greater number of orphans found a new family here than overseas for the first time.
Also, about 77 percent of elementary, middle and high school students studied at cram schools and other privately run learning institutes, spending a monthly average of 220,000 won. It took 11 months for high school and university graduates to land a job.
According to the National Statistical Office (NSO) Sunday, the number of Korean orphans adopted both at home and abroad stood at 2,652 in 2007, down from 3,231 a year earlier. It has decreased for the sixth straight year since 2001.
But more orphans were adopted by local families than by foreign ones last year for the first time. Local households adopted 1,388 orphans, accounting for 52.3 percent of the total, while 1,264 orphans, or 47.7 percent, found a new home in foreign countries.
Read the full article here: Domestic Adoption Exceeds Overseas for 1st Time