SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean men married to foreign women tend to be more cooperative than others when it comes to rearing a child or doing chores at home. Kim Seok-yeong, holding a master’s degree from Ewha Women’s University, studied 2,998 multicultural couples from the 2015 Family Survey and 11,744 multicultural couples [...]
SEJONG, May 26 (Korea Bizewire) — The number of international marriages with South Korean men has risen steadily over the past four years despite a drop in the country’s overall marriages, a report said Tuesday. A total of 17,687 South Korean men tied the knot with foreign women last year, up from 14,677 in 2015, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean society, a once highly patriarchal civilization where almost all housework was the domain of women, is undergoing a rapid transformation, and home interior and furniture manufacturer Hanssem, which was founded in 1970, says this change can best be observed in Korean kitchens. According to the company, the average [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – How do Korean men fare when it comes to sharing chores with their wives? According to a report published by Statistics Korea on January 7, Korean men ranked poorly out of the 12 nationalities. The report was based on the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP). The report deals with 6 main [...]