A country divided: Contextualizing adoption from a Korean perspective

International Korean Adoption: A Fifty-Year History of Policy and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 3-24

  Kim, Dong Soo ^a  

^a NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84917500952     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1300/5734_01     Document Type: Chapter

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