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Secure the Nation, Secure the Family

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Unforgettable day. 1987 November 21, a Saturday afternoon. The day I won’t forget until my death; the most painful and heart-wrenching day of my life. The day that my heart was torn asunder.

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  1. College of Staten Island, City University of New York, New York, NY, USA

    Hosu Kim

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Kim, H. (2016). Secure the Nation, Secure the Family. In: Birth Mothers and Transnational Adoption Practice in South Korea. Critical Studies in Gender, Sexuality, and Culture. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-53852-9_2

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