
2025
Nearly 250,000 South Korean children were adopted to the West as “orphans” in the 60 years following the Korean War. Some to loving homes. Others to tragic ends. Raised in places where they looked like nobody else, many were told to forget their past and be grateful. But the innate desire to understand where you came from has led many Korean adoptees to search for their roots. In the process, they discover lies in their past and families they never knew existed. In this documentary series, correspondent Wei Du travels around the world to meet Korean adoptees and accompany a few on their journey to reclaim who they are. Together, they reveal how an “orphan rescue” mission separated families and erased the roots of hundreds of thousands.

Wei Du

Moses Farrow

Mary Bowers

Han Tae-soon

Anna Samuelsson

Catherine Harned

Chase Malmgren

Tobias Hübinette

Phil Pellouchoud

Madeline Bjork

Yuri Doolan

Stephan Jones

Joel Peterson

Rudy Hernandez: Congressional Medal of Honor

Frank Maselskis: From WWII POW to Chosin Reservoir Survivor

Masaka Kids, A Rhythm Within

Julieta

The Architect: A Montford Point Marine

Reset

Alene B. Duerk: The First Woman Admiral

Korean War Stories

Aka Dan

My Father's Emails

Seven Years-Journalism without Journalist

The Birth of Korea 2: Freedom Fighter

Marilyn, Her Final Secret

Mein fremdes Land

Waiting for the Sun

Jalpi

Happy Endings?

Fatal Promises

Who Took Johnny

Lilja 4 real