This report marks a critical step in compiling comparable data and information about children in out-of-home care in Asia, defining our understanding of the continuum of care options available and metaphors to identify the gaps, challenges, strengths and opportunities within the child care systems in 10 identified Asian countries.

This paper offers an overview of residential care for children in Japan and its ongoing development.

The primary aim of this meta‐analysis was to compare the incidence rates and factor scores of behavioural problems in Left‐behind children (LBC), who now account for more than one‐fifth of Chinese children, and non‐LBC.

South Korea is considering ratifying the Hague Adoption Convention, according to this article from the Korea Times. 

UNICEF is seeking an intern to support the Violence against Children Survey (VACS) and knowledge management of policies and practices in child protection. 

This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child as part of its examination of North Korea’s periodic report to the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

This article, from Korea Exposé, shines light on the many difficulties and obstacles that South Korean adoptees face in trying to identify and locate their birth families. 

This study evaluated the feasibility, acceptance, preliminary outcomes and potential sustainability of a community-based intervention program for left behind children in China. 

17.5% of children who need care in Japan live in foster placements, while most of them are living in institutions; an expert panel of the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry, however, has announced a new goal which prioritizes foster care. 

New research explores the traumatic experiences of children adopted from South Korean orphanages by American families following the end of the Korean War.