From the Korea Times, an article about 2007 statistics from the National Statistic Office in South Korea.
The number of orphans adopted last year declined from a year ago,
falling for the sixth consecutive year. But a greater number of orphans
found a new family here than overseas for the first time.Local households adopted 1,388 orphans, accounting for
52.3 percent of the total, while 1,264 orphans, or 47.7 percent, found
a new home in foreign countries.
Interesting to me was that the number of child abuse cases more than doubled. Read the whole article here.
Harlow's Monkey 
I wonder if the number of cases represents more incidents or more thorough reporting?
I often will hear how much worse things are these days in response to some nationally or globally sensationalized case, yet I know from personal experience that worse things were at least as common when I was young (I am 50 years old).
Very encouraging to hear of an increase in domestic adoptions. Seems to me from what little I can read that Korean society is changing.
On a side note today was my 6 year old’s sixth adoption anniversary. As we ate his favorite ice cream cake we all agreed that two him holidays are a good thing because his birthday is about his birth family and his anniversary is about his life here.
I am continuously amazed at how well he understands his young life. It gives me hope for him.