South Korean Commission Uncovers Human Rights Violations in Vagrant Facilities

A South Korean commission found evidence that women were pressured into giving away their infants for foreign adoptions from government-funded facilities that confined and enslaved thousands from the 1960s to the 1980s. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission uncovered numerous human rights abuses at these facilities, revealing the extent of the exploitation.

A South Korean commission has unearthed alarming evidence of women being coerced into relinquishing their infants for foreign adoptions at government-funded facilities, where thousands were confined and enslaved from the 1960s to the 1980s.

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission's report, released Monday, follows an earlier Associated Press investigation into the largest vagrant facility, Brothers Home. The facility exploited thousands, including children and adults, who were often abducted from streets and endured rape, beatings, or even death.

The commission, established in December 2020, aimed to review human rights abuses under past military regimes. Recent findings focus on four similar facilities in Seoul, Daegu, South Chungcheong, and Gyeonggi, revealing the scale of the atrocities.

(With inputs from agencies.)