Kids in need finding hope

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: October 13, 1998 | Copyright information
By Mi-Ai Ahern

Headlines about the Asian financial crisis tell of collapsing banks and billions in International Monetary Fund bailouts. The human heartache lies in such statistics as the 50 percent increase in orphaned or starving children being cared for by the orphanage my mother's family has run since 1945 in Chinhae, South Korea.

My cousin Kyung-Min Lee, who runs the orphanage these days, says nearly 20 children have arrived on his doorstep in the last few months, increasin...

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