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Adoption

Hungarian gay couple hoping for adoption breakthrough under new PM Magyar

Hungary PM Magyar says to scrap Orban-era restriction on gay adoption

Forum: Dog shelters making it too difficult to adopt a pet

The cost of a second chance: What it takes to keep Singapore’s animal rescue groups going

SOSD president May Ngu (left) with Dr Ian Tan, founder and medical director of V Aesthetics Holdings. The medical aesthetics group has committed S$400,000 over one year to local animal welfare charity SOSD.
SOSD president May Ngu (left) with Dr Ian Tan, founder and medical director of V Aesthetics Holdings. The medical aesthetics group has committed S$400,000 over one year to local animal welfare charity SOSD.

AVS to hold pet adoption drive in Singapore’s CBD for the first time

Paws In The City will be held at the Guoco Tower Urban Park in Tanjong Pagar from 11am to 8pm.
Paws In The City will be held at the Guoco Tower Urban Park in Tanjong Pagar from 11am to 8pm.

South Korea vows truth over forced overseas adoptions

South Korea was once one of the world’s biggest exporters of babies.
South Korea was once one of the world’s biggest exporters of babies.

No evidence of offence committed here, or by S’pore agents, in Indonesian baby trafficking case

Alleged baby trafficking syndicate members await to hear prosecutors’ demands at a hearing in Bandung, West Java, on June 30.
Alleged baby trafficking syndicate members await to hear prosecutors’ demands at a hearing in Bandung, West Java, on June 30.

British PM Starmer apologises to mothers and children traumatised by decades of forced adoptions

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer meeting campaigners to discuss historical forced adoption at Downing Street on July 2.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer meeting campaigners to discuss historical forced adoption at Downing Street on July 2.

Eight South Korean adoptees sue Danish state over human rights

In the lawsuit, the eight, who were all adopted when they were very young, claim Danish authorities should have known their adoptions were illegal and therefore did not fulfil their responsibility to protect them.
In the lawsuit, the eight, who were all adopted when they were very young, claim Danish authorities should have known their adoptions were illegal and therefore did not fulfil their responsibility to protect them.

‘My adoptive parents are the most important people’: Chen Hanwei recounts his adoption story during live stream

Chen Hanwei with his mother, who died in July 2024.
Chen Hanwei with his mother, who died in July 2024.

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