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I grew up in the Midwest as a Korean adoptee. Living in Seoul helped me finally feel Korean and American.

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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jillian Kurovski, a 27-year-old Ph.D. student living in South Korea for a year. It has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… I was doing spider research in Guam when I got an email saying that my birth mother…

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