This news article reports that South Korea has formally joined the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption, over 30 years after the treaty’s adoption. With this move, Korea will overhaul its adoption system: the government, rather than private agencies, will now oversee every step of intercountry adoptions; new laws were recently passed to bring domestic legislation into alignment with international standards.The reforms include mandatory reviews of each case, stricter consent and post-adoption monitoring, and the creation of an “adoption visa” for foreign adoptees entering Korea.