SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s divorce rate typically rises when global economic crises occur, but not this time. The divorce rate actually declined last year when the global economy faltered due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Statistics Korea, the number of divorce cases stood at 97,331 in the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The divorce rate for elderly couples in South Korea has more than doubled over the past 20 years. The number of elderly couples who chose to split up after 20 years of marriage reached 38,446 cases last year, accounting for 34.7 percent of the total divorces, up from 15,816 [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — ‘Bad Fathers’ is a website well-known for exposing the names and pictures of men failing to provide child support after divorce. The website recently faced a complaint that exposing an individual’s personal information solely upon reports from a person with child custody, without proper review of the intent to [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The counseling rate for ‘gray divorce’ – marital splits among seniors – between men and women in their 60s and older has increased sharply over the past 20 years. According to statistics from the Korea Legal Aid Center for Family Relations, a total of 4,783 divorce consultations were conducted [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Ending a legal fight that lasted over five years, South Korea’s top court said Monday it has reaffirmed a lower court’s ruling accepting a divorce claim filed by Lee Boo-jin, the eldest daughter of the family that owns Samsung. The Supreme Court upheld the lower court’s decision that ordered [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — An appellate court on Thursday upheld a lower court’s ruling by granting a divorce to the eldest daughter of Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee and ordering her to pay her former husband 14.1 billion won (US$11.7 million) from asset division. The asset split amount for the ex-husband was an [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Can conflicts stemming from holidays be grounds for divorce? Judging by recent court decisions, the times are changing. The Chuseok holiday is supposed to be a fun and enjoyable occasion when family members gather together to share food and give thanks to their ancestors. However, it can also be [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Actress Ku Hye-sun, engulfed in a widely publicized divorce row, announced Monday that she will temporarily suspend her show business career. “Ku Hye-sun will halt her show business activities. She plans to resume her academic career at Sungkyunkwan University,” an official at Liwu Law Group, representing the actress, told [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Actress Ku Hye-sun’s lawyer said Wednesday she doesn’t have any intention to end her marriage with actor Ahn Jae-hyun, denying persistent media speculation over their imminent divorce. Ku’s legal agency, LIWU Law Group, said the 35-year-old actress and 32-year-old Ahn have never reached an agreement on divorce, though they [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Ku Hye-sun and Ahn Jae-hyun may be the second Korean top-star couple to divorce this year as their talent agency announced Sunday that they have decided to part ways after three years of marriage. “Despite encouragements and anticipations from many people, the two actors have recently reached a point [...]