South Korea's last circus marks 100 years, but will it survive?
The century-old Dongchoon Circus Troupe is the last of its kind in South Korea. As audiences and performers drift away to cinema, television and social media those left in the big top fear for the future. (AP Video by Yong-ho Kim and Yong Jun Chang)
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