With May quickly approaching, G.O.A’.L. hopes you will spend the spring with us for dinner and gathering at the night markets!

⭐️G.O.A’.L. invites you to our 2024 cultural trip “Let’s Geoje!” – free to all adoptee G.O.A’.L. members!

Join G.O.A.’L.’s Motherland Tour, Sotdae

Happy Seollal and Lunar New Year from G.O.A.’L.~!

Welcome the new Secretary General of G.O.A.L.!

NCRC and King Sejong Institute are offering FREE Korean language courses for adoptees and their children.

Koreapedia program is here! ❓This program provides adoptees with a fun introduction to Korean culture through the perspective of Korean…

The G.O.A.’L. office will be closed this week for our upcoming Jeju trip and summer vacation. We will continue normal…

Yesterday, G.O.A.’L. received a Prime Minister Award at the 18th Annual Adoption Day Ceremony, recognizing its efforts in expanding its…

Planning a vacation to Korea this July? Join G.O.A.’L. as we head to Jeju to dive with the haenyeo!Haenyeo are…

G.O.A.’L. is excited to announce the return of our #FirstTripHome program! First Trip Home was started in 2008 and became…

G.O.A.’L. and Seoul Metropolitan Government will be providing daily essential kits for adoptees residing in Seoul! Kits will include daily…

G.O.A.’L. and Seoul National University have partnered up again to offer Let’s Speak Korean! This 8-week online program is offered…

Experience a unique movement workshop this coming Friday! Cost: 5,000 ₩, paid in cash at the venue 🗓 Friday 10th,…

We have limited space available to the annual Christmas Party on December 14, so be quick to reserve your spot,…

G.O.A.’L. is offering subsidized counseling sessions for adoptees living in Korea.

During the 17th Annual Adoption Day Ceremony, G.O.A.’L. received a Presidential Citation.

Join G.O.A.’L. at KoRoot for our first in-person gathering since the COVID-19 pandemic!

PACK’D is a 6-month program that offers Korean packed lunch boxes (dosirak) to adoptees living in Korea who are in need.

G.O.A.’L. is headed to Jeju Island this summer~!

G.O.A.’L. and the Seoul Metropolitan Government will be providing adoptees living in Seoul with support kits.

KOREAPEDIA will introduce and share topics on Korean culture through the eyes of a native Korean student.

In November 2021, G.O.A.’L. invited American adoptee, Laura Roos, to Korea to search for her birth family in our first Sotdae program.

We will go over the process of applying for dual citizenship and lawyers will answer your questions!

Happy Lunar New Year from G.O.A.’L.~! Our office will be closed 1/31 ~ 2/2 for the Lunar New Year holiday.

Korean lawyers discuss family relation documents and inheritance laws for Korean adoptees.

Last week, volunteers from Cartier came to the G.O.A.’L. office to pack winter KARE kits for adoptees living in Seoul!

G.O.A.’L. had a great time at kimjang this year where we made kimchi to give to adoptees living in Korea,…

G.O.A.’L. was able to deliver to 88 adoptees around Korea – a total of 264 kits!

G.O.A.’L. will be hosting another kimjang event to give back to our community in Korea.

The G.O.A.’L. office will be closed 9/20-9/24 for the holiday. Have a safe and happy Chuseok~!

G.O.A.’L. and Seoul National University (SNU) have partnered up again to offer <Let’s Speak Korean!> for the fall semester! This…

If you have any general questions about family search or adoption, please let us know!

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the NCRC together with G.O.A.’L. will provide a relief fund for adoptees in Korea.

Online fitness classes continue! Focusing on breath work, movement, and strength, this is a beginner-friendly 1-hour online fitness class. Classes…

G.O.A.’L. is headed south~! Living in Daegu or Busan? We want to meet with you!

G.O.A.’L. is excited to announce the pilot launch of Sotdae (솟대), a 10-day origin search journey for an adoptee’s first time back to Korea.

⚠️Important Notice from G.O.A.’L.⚠️

The KARE Kit is a box of essential goods that will be delivered to adoptees living in Korea.

G.O.A.’L. will be offering an additional scholarship for the Fall 2021 semester to study Korean at some of the top universities in Seoul.

G.O.A.’L.’s Let’s Cook! online cooking class is a fun and interactive introduction to Korean cuisine and unique fusion recipes that you can easily make at home!

MalHagi is G.O.A.’L.’s new Korean language support program!

Mind Body Movement is a six-class series with a focus on breath work and movement.

G.O.A.’L. and Seoul National University have partnered up for a new language support program: Let’s Speak Korean!

G.O.A.’L.’s office will be closed Wednesday, May 19 to observe the holiday of Buddha’s birthday.

The G.O.A.’L. office will be closed Wednesday, May 5 for Children’s Day.

The Overseas Korean Foundation opens up their Literary Awards to overseas adoptees!

Ewha Womans University continues to offer a short-term Korean language program for students in Korea and for those overseas!

Forget Me Not is a documentary directed by Danish adoptee, Sun Hee Engelstoft that explores what single mothers face in South Korea.

Applications for G.O.A.’L.’s Korean Language Support Program are now open! The program will take place via Zoom, so overseas adoptees…

Ewha Womans University is offering an online short-term Korean language program!

G.O.A.’L. is in the process of establishing a new Korean language support program! In this program, we will pair Korean…

The application for G.O.A.’L.‘s Summer 2021 Korean language scholarship is now open! Current G.O.A.’L. member Korean adoptee Limited to 2…

Today the G.O.A.’L. office will be closed to observe Korea’s Independence Movement Day, known as the March 1st Movement, which…

Happy Lunar New Year from the team at G.O.A.’L.! Our office will be closed 2/10 – 2/14 to observe the…

As the only non-profit NGO in Korea run by adoptees, G.O.A.’L. has been providing services and assistance to Korean adoptees…

Last summer, G.O.A.’L. met with Danish adoptee and Yonsei University professor, Dr. Nikolaj Pedersen, to discuss collaboration on setting up…

It’s been a busy year for us here at G.O.A.’L. From new staff to a new location and everything in…

G.O.A.’L. continues to partner with some of the top universities in Seoul for Korean language study. The application for the…

The G.O.A.’L. office will be closed from December 24, 2020 – January 4, 2021, to observe the holiday season. We…

We’ve packed and delivered a total of 100 emergency kits to adoptees living in Korea! There are 200 more to…

It’s been a tough year for everyone due to COVID-19, so G.O.A.’L. and NCRC want to make sure adoptees in…

We had so much fun making kimchi on Wednesday to give out to communities around Korea! Thanks to NCRC, KAAFC,…

G.O.A.’L. also visited Aeranwon to deliver 300kg of the kimchi we made!

G.O.A.’L visited the Heritage of Korean Independence and met with their chairman, Won Woong Kim. He was the first chairman…

G.O.A.’L. is giving back to the community in Korea! Alongside the NCRC and Nest Korea, we will be distributing about…

G.O.A.’L. visited Aeranwon and met with their director, Young Sil Kang, to discuss future cooperation. Aeranwon was established in 1960,…

G.O.A.’L. and the National Center for the Rights of the Child (NCRC) wish to assist adoptees living in Korea who…

G.O.A.’L. is working hard to create a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a medical clinic in Seoul to provide free…

The National Center for the Rights of the Child (NCRC) will be hosting an online gathering of Korean adoptees from…

G.O.A.’L. met with Nest Doong Ji and their Secretary General, Lee An-Soon, to discuss how we can work together to…

The following is a write-up based on my May 21 – June 5 experience in Korean quarantine.

Denis Sungho is a Korean-Belgian adoptee who is a renowned guitarist and producer.

They explored acrylic painting at the Cheonggyecheon Stream in the heart of Seoul.

The G.O.A.’L. office will be closed, October 9 in observance of Korea’s Hangul Day.

The G.O.A.’L. office will be closed from Wednesday, September 30 – Sunday, October 4 for the Chuseok holiday.

G.O.A.’L. enjoyed a fun weekend in Jeju with overseas adoptees who are living in Korea!

Today G.O.A.’L. invited our Fall 2020 Korean Language Scholarship recipients to enjoy lunch before they start their studies next week.

Someday, I hope to return to the country where I was born, to learn about my birth culture, and discover the “Korean Me”.

Living outside Korea and interested in learning or improving your Korean? Ewha University will continue to offer online intensive Korean…

From my eye shape to my black hair, I looked different from everyone else until I met my best friend in 1st grade at a local private school.

Jeon Hyun-sook, Director of TheRUTH Table, visited G.O.A.’L. yesterday. TheRUTH Table is a birth mother support group who want to…

I’ve questioned when and where the scars on my back came from. I’ve wondered about my past medical history.

Hearing the single mothers tell their stories…inspired me to do whatever I can…to connect with my birth parents.

G.O.A.’L. is working to publish another booklet recounting the unique experiences and stories of adoptees and their birth family search.…

I felt the same some of the time, and I felt different at other times. A lot of the positives were due to my family and faith.

A founding member of GOA’L, kimura was one of the first adoptees that returned to Korea and established themselves within Korean society.

We hope this new logo can represent adoptees’ specific place within Korea’s history, and Korea’s specific place within our own personal histories.

Call for Applications: Emergency Relief Fund for Adoptees G.O.A.’L. is committed to offering services and programs for Korean adoptees while…