Choe Sang Hun New York Times News Service

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Rural school fills empty seats with grandmas

South Korea’s birth rate has been plummeting in recent decades

From left: Hwang Wol-geum, 70, Kim Mae-ye, 64, and Park Jong-sim, 75, dance to a children’s song at Daegu Elementary, in Gangjin County, South Korea.

Ex-spy chief to lead North Korea delegation

Team for closing ceremony of Olympics another sign the two Koreas are trying to work out a road map toward improving ties

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South Koreans push back against hypermarkets

Small business blame their woes to large format stores

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