From a vanished child in 1974 to systemic injustices unraveled decades later, Tak-un’s story exposes the fraught past of international adoption in South Korea and the profound impact on separated families.
Author: Youngeun Koo
Youngeun Koo is a historian of modern Korea and an Assistant Professor (tenure-track Associate Senior Lecturer) at the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University.
Her research focuses broadly on the politics of care and international humanitarianism, with publications on transnational adoption, Cold War geopolitics, and social policy in Korea. She holds a PhD from the University of Tübingen. Before joining Lund, she was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University and the University of California, Irvine.