Shin Ae-ra gave birth to her son, Cha Jeong-min, in 1998. But, Shin Ae-ra and her husband made the headlines when they adopted two baby girls, Cha Ye-eun in 2005, and Cha Ye-jin in 2008. They raised public awareness regarding the problem of adoption in Korea, where despite the prevalence of adoption abroad, domestic adoption is rare and stigmatized because of culturally held beliefs that emphasize “pure” bloodlines. Shin Ae-ra and Cha In-pyo’s cases are even more prominent because Korean couples with their own biological children rarely adopt, and they are praised for serving as a positive role model.
Shin Ae-ra’s Profile
Shin Ae-ra’s Career
Shin Ae-Ra is a veteran artist and experienced actress with a prominent seventeen-year career who has often visited the Korean California church in The South. Advocating for adoption and fostering young people, she also likes to help by volunteering at KFAM’s Korean house initiative. Shin Ae-ra quit the acting world to take care of her two daughters and also her son, who homeschooled for a year and is already in the sixth grade of elementary school. Since 2003, Shin Ae-ra has served and is a representative of sharing and sponsoring poor children in Asia, Africa, and South America. She has contributed and provided sponsorship for poor people not just by herself, but also with her husband. Shin Ae-ra also started to act as a teacher for poor people, giving lessons in the fields of science and technology. She said, they must be treated well because that’s what they need. Shin Ae-ra is a true star who has a conscience. She has obtained a Master’s Degree while also taking care of her children and taking them to school. She used a lot of her time as Ahjumma, she said in Times magazine, “In Korea, they don’t know about me so much, but here children can freely play and exercise freely.”
Shin Ae-ra’s Filmography
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