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September 2, 2009 by papa2hapa

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on September 2, 2009 at 11:29 pm | Reply Wandering Chopsticks

The LA Times recently had a story about a boy who was reunited with his birth family. They were on a bus trip and the father went off to buy a drink. When he came back, the bus had driven off with his son inside.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-china-adopt30-2009aug30,0,3703559,full.story

I’ve wanted to suggest “Beyond the Shadow of Camptown” by Ji-Yeon Yuh when you blogged about your mom’s visit. It’s been years since I’ve read it, but I still remember how Korean women who married white men were ostracized by other Koreans in the church. This despite the fact that 40% to 50% of Korean immigration is largely because of family reunification from piggybacking off of those initial military brides. It’s not exactly related, but there’s food for thought in the discussions of community interaction.

Also, if you wouldn’t mind, I’d love to have the password to your protected posts. MN can vouch for me. Or she can vouch for the fact that I’m a nosy reader of hers. Ha!
on September 3, 2009 at 10:02 am | Reply mama nabi

I watched the trailer for that movie “Take Off”… and find it interesting that the actor who’s supposed to be an adoptee returning to Korea speaks fluent Korean. I can just see it now, people referring to the movie as they ask international adoptees why they don’t speak Korean like so-and-so from the movie does.