Social Affairs
Park devoted to adoptees to be constructed in Paju
July 5, 2017
Paju, a city north of Seoul, plans to build a park devoted to Korean children adopted overseas, city officials said Wednesday. Construction of the park, whose Korean name roughly translates as “Mother’s Arms,” will begin in September on 1,000 square meters of land that was previously used as a US military camp. Aerial view image of the park in Paju, Gyeonggi Province. (Yonhap)First proposed in 2015, the 500 million won ($435,000) project is to remember and provide solace to Korean children sent