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World in Progress: South Korea's beauty craze

Kathrin Erdmann/Anke RasperMarch 6, 2019

South Korea has the highest rate of plastic surgery per capita. It's not uncommon for parents to gift their child plastic surgery before college. Many women never leave the house without a thick layer of make-up. But there's resistance forming in South Korea from women who say they've had enough of this unrealistic and unhealthy beauty craze.

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