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'Superdads' on paternity leave break with tradition

By Reuters in Seoul | China Daily | Updated: 2015-12-25 08:04

Stay-at-home fathers were once a rarity, but now many are the primary caregivers

It's a weekday morning and Chung Sang-hoon, 34, is at home with his two small children, classical music playing in the background.

Fathers like Chung, who has taken a year of paternity leave from his job in sales with a big foreign company, were once so rare in male-dominated South Korea that they are called "superdads". But their ranks are growing.

'Superdads' on paternity leave break with tradition

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