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2008/08/22 07:37 KST
Number of Korean adoptees to U.S. dropping: State Dept.

By Hwang Doo-hyong
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (Yonhap) -- The number of South Korean children adopted by U.S. families declined gradually for the past years as a growing number of Koreans adopt Korean orphans following several prominent international cases of alleged abuse of adoptees.

The U.S. State Department issued visas for 939 Korean orphans last year, according to the department's figures released recently.