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[Silver Bridge] Volume 1 · Chapter 8 · Hiking in Korea and Square Dancing in China: Silver Leisure
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- A column comparing leisure culture among older adults in Korea and China presents hiking as the signature activity in Korea and park square dancing as the signature activity in China.
- According to the Korea Forest Service, 91% of Koreans aged 60 and older take part in hiking, and according to the China Association of Sports for the Elderly, about 100 million people take part in square dancing.
- According to the Korea Institute of Sport Science, people in their 60s who hike at least twice a week have, on average, 23% higher cardiorespiratory endurance than non-hikers.
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Read the full article (machine translation) → Original article (Korean): [실버 브릿지] 제1권 · 제8장 · 한국 등산과 중국 공원에서 찾은 실버 여가
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