Korea’s Revised Adoption Process
Jayme Hansen applauds South Korea’s revised adoption process more aligned with Hague Convention guidelines, creating more oversight of vulnerable children.
Why?
Jayme asks why his parents adopted?
Jayme Hansen
Executive Director, USA Representative Jayme Hansen is a Korean adoptee who was reared on a small dairy farm in Minnesota, which is the home of nearly 30,000 Korean Adoptee’s (KAD’s). Professionally he is a decorated Executive Army Officer and currently works in the Office of the Surgeon General, USA. Previously, he was selected for the …
My DNA History
DNA Brief Hansen Short 2018 Click on the link above. You will then be asked to OPEN or SAVE the file. If you want to watch it – click OPEN. If you want to keep the file – click SAVE. This is a Microsoft PowerPoint slide show with audio inserted in most pages. Click onto …
South Korean Adoptions: An Economic Analysis
CFO and Korean adoptee, Jayme investigates the economics of Sth Korea’s adoptees sent out abroad.
Dear Stranger
A letter I wrote to my adoptive father The last time I called home, my adoptive father asked me to come and visit. I spoke to my biological sister who was raised with me and she told me the last time she was home, our adoptive father apologized to her. I’m guessing he will do …
The Other Half Left Behind
– Many adoptees were sent to orphanages before they were adopted and many do not remember the experiences they had before being sent to their forever homes. At one time, we adoptees may have begun the same journey in life as one of the millions of orphans placed in orphanages. However, a choice made by …
Yellow Snow
I grew up on a dairy farm in rural Minnesota. Minnesota is a state, located in the north central region of the United States and borders Canada. Most people do not know the most northern point of the lower 48 states is located in Minnesota. It should be no surprise to learn Minnesota ranks in …
Musings by Jayme
South Korean intercountry adoptee Jayme Hansen blogs about his experiences and views of intercountry adoption.
Who Am I?
Jayme questions who he is as an intercountry adoptee from Sth Korea.
