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Grandparents take part in a child care class for them in Seoul, South Korea, September 1, 2015. It is not unusual for South Koreans to pay their parents to take care of their children. But the number doing so is on the rise and the arrangement has become more professional-like as parents increasingly pay the equivalent of full babysitting rates. Childcare classes for the elderly, rare before 2013, have cropped up at public health centres. The trend is being driven by changes in South Korea's population – the fastest-ageing in the world. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)
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