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When being solo doesn't mean living alone
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When being solo doesn't mean living alone
More Koreans than ever are living alone — and choosing to stay that way. As this number climbs, so too does the number of books documenting a new way of living — one that doesn’t revolve around marriage, children, or even shared bloodlines. “Aging Solo: How Those Who Chose to Be Alone Grow Older ” by Kim Kyung-hee (Dongasia, 2023) “Two Women Are Living Together: The Birth of an Assembled Family, Neither Alone Nor Married” by Kim Ha-na and Hwang Sun-woo (Storyseller, 2019) “Life as a Two-Woman Ho
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