SEOUL, Jun. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 2.6 million, or one in 10, Korean women live alone, and an increasing number believe marriage isn’t mandatory, recent data from the country’s national statistics agency showed Tuesday. According to the report “2017 Statistics on Women” released by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family and Statistics [...]
SEJONG, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The rate of marriages of highly educated women has dropped sharply over the past 15 years amid the country’s late- and non-marriage trend, government data showed Tuesday. Out of 1,000 women who graduated from college-level or higher educational institutions, 28.6 tied the knot in 2015, compared with 41.2 cases [...]
SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The majority of South Korean women no longer see marriage as a necessity, but rather a choice, a new report from the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KIHASA) has found. The same report also revealed that in recent years, divorce has moved from something forbidden to an ‘option [...]
SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) – An increasing number of South Korean celebrities are choosing smaller, private weddings, or even keeping their marriage secret until after the ceremony. The latest surprise to fans came from actress and singer Sung Yu-ri last week, when she announced on May 15 on her official fan site that she [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Around half of South Korean single men say they would be proud if their wife of the future brought in more income than themselves, according to a recent report. The new study conducted with the participation of 594 South Korean single men and women by marriage agencies Bien Aller and [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Only a third of unwed men and women think that marriage is a must, and for some, the cost of dating is a waste of money, a survey showed Tuesday. Duo, a leading matchmaking company, polled 1,000 single men and women last year and found that 33 percent believed [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Weddings don’t come cheap in Korea. A study conducted in February by wedding consulting firm DuoWed showed that an average couple spends roughly 263.3 million won ($231,388) to tie the knot. Even deducting the cost of housing for newlyweds, which was 186.4 million won (70.8 percent of the total), [...]
SEOUL, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Single Koreans in their 20s and 30s say being asked whether they have a partner or not is the most stressful question they can be asked, according to a new survey released yesterday. The survey, conducted by South Korean marriage-oriented dating website Duo, also revealed seven in ten single people [...]
SEOUL, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) – A joint report from Statistics Korea and the Ministry of Gender Equality & Family revealed that six out of ten young Koreans aged from 13 to 24 approved of living together before tying the knot, another shift away from South Korea’s conservative perspectives on marriage. According to the study, [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Amid a tepid economy and criticism over the lack of diversity in wedding ceremonies in South Korea, more and more couples are opting for smaller weddings to value individuality and practicality over pretension and formality. Young South Korean couples are turning to restaurants and outdoor venues, away from mass-produced weddings [...]