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Churches and temples are disappearing
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- Surveys, including one by Hankook Gallup, show the share of religious people fell from 53% in 1998 to 36.6% in 2022, and more temples, churches and cathedrals are closing their doors.
- Buddhists fell from 22% in 2014 to 16.3% in 2022, and Protestants from 22.5% in 2012 to 15.0% in 2022, while 80% of people in their 20s have no religion.
- Religious groups are responding by encouraging monastic life, meditation programs and online worship, and at the current trend the share of Protestants is projected to fall to 11.9% by 2050.
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