Travel Korea

Adoption Sites

Adopting from Korea: A Prospective Parent's Guide to Korean Adoption
Written by an adoptive parent, this comprehensive, single-source site will help guide prospective parents considering or actively pursuing International/Korean adoption. Current and original information with numerous related links.

International Adoption in Korea
Up-to-date information about Korea adoptions from the US Department of State.

Korean Adoption Reunion
The reunion story of one young woman with her Korean birthmother as it appeared in The Wichita Eagle.

Travel Sites

City.net
Want to get a lay of the land before you leave home? Take a tour? View city maps? Why not catch up on current events by reading the hometown newspaper? You can with city.net from Excite, a database of 4,300 destinations worldwide.

CNN Weather Forecast for Pusan, Seoul and Taegu
Wondering what to pack? Check out this up-to-the-minute weather forecast. Includes four-day outlook and satellite view of the region.

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Travel Health On-line
Health precautions, current health concerns, and US Department of State advisories for South Korea.

Travel Spots
Information about travel and sites to see in Korea.

World Travel Guide
Comprehensive information about travel in Korea.

Culture Sites

A. Magazine: Inside Asian America
The on-line version of this very popular Asian American magazine.

Asia Society
The Asia Society is America's leading institution dedicated to fostering understanding between the U.S. and the peoples of Asia and the Pacific. At AsiaSociety.org we've gathered many of our resources: onsite visitors will find active discussion groups, some of our many publications, a raft of annotated links, a Shockwave Flash "movie" of our collection of Asian art and much more.

Kid Tags
Kid Tags is a unique line of rompers, t-shirts and sweatshirts which enable parents to let their children display their country of origin in a fun and proud way.

Life in Korea
Information and activities in South Korea: travel, culture, language,sports, pictures, electronic postcards, and discussion forums.

Apple Tree Dolls and Bears
When Merrily and Ted Ripley's children were young, they had a hard time finding nice, dark-skinned dolls for their internationally adopted children. So Merrily, director of Adoption Advocates International, has taken advantage of hertravels around the world on the behalf of orphan children to collect many different kinds of dolls, many of which are available at Apple Tree Dolls and Bears. The Ripleys have a good selection of ethnic dolls offered especially so that children of color can have a doll that looks like them.