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Most Korean males are circumcised not in infancy but at puberty, as teenagers or in their 20s, so it is now viewed as a "rite of passage". Circumcision in infancy is rare in South Korea.<ref name="kim1999" /> | Most Korean males are circumcised not in infancy but at puberty, as teenagers or in their 20s, so it is now viewed as a "rite of passage". Circumcision in infancy is rare in South Korea.<ref name="kim1999" /> | ||
===Prevalence of circumcision=== | |||
Kim & Pang carried out a survey of men in the Seoul area. They found that in the 16-25 year old age group 91 percent had been circumcised, with lesser percentages with increasing age groups.<ref name="kim1999" /> | |||
==Medical research== | ==Medical research== | ||