In a photo taken on September 24, 2025, an instructor touches up a mannequin dressed in traditional Korean funeral cloth into a coffin during a funeral administration class at the Busan Institute of Science and Technology in Busan. Growing numbers are finding work in the business of death in the face of massive demographic change in South Korea, where birth rates are among the lowest on earth and almost half the population is aged 50 or older. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP) / To go with 'SKOREA-DEATH-DEMOGRAPHICS-FUNERALS,FOCUS' by Claire LEE (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images)