The agency that facilitated a number of adoptions from South Korea to Australian families was the Eastern Social Welfare Society (ESWS) based in Seoul, South Korea.

A recent South Korean investigation has found a number of human rights violations amongst the complaints from adoptees from 11 countries, including Australia.

Amongst the findings is that some children were falsely recorded as orphans when they weren’t. Other concerns was a lack of consent from biological parents, and adoptive parents not being properly vetted.

This article by Lisa Visentin https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/i-believed-i-was-an-orphan-australians-caught-up-in-global-adoption-scandal-20250328-p5ln9w.html includes the story of Chae Ryan who was adopted by a Queensland couple from South Korea in 1991 and is one of 8 Australian cases still be examined by the South Korean inquiry.

Some adoptees are calling for an Australian inquiry into the scandal.