AK Connection
Connecting the Adult Adopted Korean Community of Minnesota
The following is a list of tours and educational opportunities. AK Connection does not claim that this is a complete list, nor have our members participated in every program. Links and information are provided as a convenience and for informational purposes only; they do not constitute an endorsement or an approval of a particular tour or program. Please contact each program directly for more information.
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Tours to Korea
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Family tours with an adoption focus; Visit your Korean adoption agency; Meet with birth; mothers at a maternity home; Visit with students in a high school; Dine in a private home; And sometimes meet with a birth relative or foster mother.
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Dillon International specializes in small tour groups which allow adoptees and their families to receive more individualized attention and service.
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Since the summer of 1996 our exchange program has matched American and Korean families hoping to help them make connections to each other. We try to match by age and sex of children. So that they can build a friendship.
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Holt Motherland Tours provides adult adoptees age 18 and older, with a unique experience of traveling back to their birth country with others "who are just like me". Family Tours are for Korean adoptees, their families and Holt supporters.
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The three-week summer program begins with an orientation where participants get to know each other and prepare for the days ahead. During the orientation, participants discuss a broad range of issues, including: the impact of increased globalization.
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The program's focus is to promote Korea's rich cultural heritage, and to give the resident Koreans abroad a chance to explore their motherland and gain better understanding of Korea through language study, cultural training and touring.
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Shilla Travel lets you discover the bountiful tourism opportunities in both South and North Korea, countries which has luckily escaped any form of mass tourism.
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Adoptees are able to visit Korea to learn more about the culture, heritage and people of their birth country. All expenses are piad except for air travel and domestic travel from Busan/Jejudo/Seoul.
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This motherland tour of South Korea designed by adult adoptees will take place immediately following the conclusion of KAAN 2008 in Chicago.
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To take a Spiritual Journey to Korea to explore your true self and build spiritual friendships with participants and host families. A $5,000 scholarship covers roundtrip airfare, room and board, transportation and activity fees.
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Korean Ties
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Educational Opportunities
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This program offers a fall and spring program to study and live in Korea.
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Learn Korean Language Online
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Ten online chapters to learn Korean by the Ministry and Culture and Tourism of Korea.
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Classes from Sogang University in Seoul
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Online classes from Columbia University
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Summer 2010 Programs in Korea
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August 3 to 8. Join fellow AK Connection members and other adoptees from around the world in Seoul this summer and attend this unique conference organized by and for adult Korean adoptees.
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May 21 to 28. InKAS is holding a Summer Camp program for Korean adoptees to experience and learn Korean Culture. Space is limited.
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July 26 to 31. Join a five day retreat at Yong Am Sa Temple in Korea. This retreat is coordinated by a Korean adoptee, and the program will include discussion about adoption experiences. Space is limited.
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May 23 to June 6. A Korean culture and birth search tour to Korea organized by and for Korean Amerasians. Adopted Korean Amerasians are welcome to attend.
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June 30 to July 30. ESWS will cover tuition, accommodation and other fees required for activities for each applicant EXCEPT for airfare.
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June 28 to July 5. Korea's National Institute for International Education is operating a FREE learning program for Korean adoptees. Airfare included.
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