Introduction

IKAA was first made official in March 2004 when the European associations formed IKAA Europe, followed shortly after by the establishment of IKAA USA. IKAA collaborates with Global Overseas Adoptees' Link (G.O.A.'L) based in Seoul.

IKAA has been established to better serve the Korean adoptee community, create a strong communication forum, build global relationships and provide a location where Korean adoptees can turn when in need of a resource.

Common for all the IKAA associations is that they have existed between 6 and 20 years, their organizational structure and membership is comprised overwhelmingly of adult adoptees, they have a long experience working with adoptees and they organize activities and events for their members on a regular basis. The IKAA network reaches out to thousands of adoptees worldwide.

The networks operate independently from each other, but will join together to plan large scale international events such as the IKAA Gathering 2007 in Seoul, Korea.