On today&#8217;s Modern Notion Daily podcast, our guest is Arissa H. Oh, author of T<a href="http://www.amazon.com/To-Save-Children-Korea-International/dp/0804795320" target="_blank">o Save the Children of Korea: The Cold War Origins of International Adoption</a> (Stanford University Press, June 2015). During the Korean War and the rise of &#8220;war orphans,&#8221; Americans began adopting Korean children in large numbers; that trend spiked in the 1980s. Oh explores the reasons why Korea became such a hub of adoption and the struggles faced by adopters and adoptees.
Music this hour:
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<li>“<a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/Kuddelmuddel/Forgiven_not_forgotten_master_2" target="_blank">Forgiven Not Forgotten</a>” by Jahzzar, from the album Kuddelmuddel</li>
<li>“<a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/Whats_Withouts_Within/04Soldiertype">Soldiertype (militarised)</a>” by Ketsa, from the album What’s Without’s Within</li>
<li>“<a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/Sketches/wherever_1343">wherever</a>” by Jahzzar, from the album Sketches</li>
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