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Outlook: Why did my mum give me away? An adoptee's quest for answers

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Sun Hee Engelstoft

23/11/2022 GMT

Why did my mum give me away? An adoptee's quest for answers

BBC World Service - Outlook, Why did my mum give me away? An adoptee's quest for answers

Korean-Danish adoptee Sun Hee Engelstoft, flew over 5000 miles in search of her mum

Adoptee Sun Hee Engelstoft found solace amongst mums at a shelter in South Korea. Filming their lives, she wanted to understand why she was given away.

Aged 22, filmmaker Sun Hee Engelstoft flew from Denmark to South Korea for the first time since her adoption as a baby. After seeking her Korean birth mother and facing rejection, she was motivated to understand why she was given away. In order to understand her mum's decision, Sun Hee lived at a shelter for pregnant mums, filming their lives. There she was confronted with the uncomfortable truth behind her adoption and the circumstances single mums face in South Korea. Sun Hee's film is called Forget Me Not.  

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(Photo: Sun Hee Engelstoft. Credit: Miriam Dalsgaard)

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