No more elephant and monkey acts. No more death-defying motorbike stunts. No more singing or acting on stage.
Several hundred spectators still clapped constantly when acrobats with the Dongchoon Circus Troupe, South Korea’s last circus, twirled on a long suspended piece of fabric, juggled clubs on a large, rotating wheel and rode a unicycle on a tightrope under the big top.
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