The nearby mines shut down one by one....
The second would eventually follow.By the time Kim Chang-gyu returned to Jecheon, South Korea, to become the mayor after four decades away, his hometown felt resigned to its decline....
The town’s center was dotted with vacant storefronts, and local businessmen fretted about how tough it was to find workers. Like many other small South Korean cities, Jecheon, cradled at the foot of two mountain ranges, is being eroded by rapid aging and rock-bottom bir
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