South Korea's Last Circus

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South Korea's last circus, Dongchoon, holds up as it marks centennial

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Dongchoon Circus Troupe is South Korea's last and 100-year-old circus.

Founded in 1925 , it is Korea 's oldest circus.

The advent of the internet, video games and professional sports were another blow to the industry.

The head of the circus, Park Sae-hwan , said he almost closed the circus in 2009 after his shows drew only 10-20 spectators.

He recalled that when he first came to South Korea , he and his Chinese colleagues all worked as assistants to Dongchoon 's 50 South Korean acrobats but they've all left one by one. “Now, it's the only circus in South Korea , and I hope we will create good circus performances to show to spectators so that we can help Dongchoon exist for another 100 years ," Xing said in fluent Korean ..