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Korean adoption

Marissa and Hannah Brandt.

How two sisters will make it to South Korea’s Olympics — but for opposing teams

Culture

Marissa Brandt will be playing for South Korea’s Olympic ice hockey team. And her sister, Hannah Brandt, will play for Team USA.

Layne Fostervold and his mother, Kim Sook-nyeon. Fostervold was adopted by an American family when he was about 2 years old. His mother never stopped wondering what happened to him.

A Korean adoptee meets his birth mother and winds up moving in with her

Culture
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