SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s birthrate continues to decline, but a growing number of unmarried adults now say they still intend to marry—offering a potential, if modest, glimmer of hope in the nation’s battle against population decline. According to a comprehensive 2024 survey released Sunday by the Korea Institute for Health and Social [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study reveals that South Korea’s younger generation perceives marriage and childbirth with overwhelmingly negative emotions, with financial concerns emerging as the dominant theme. The Korean Peninsula Population Institute for Future (KPPIF), a nonprofit research organization, analyzed approximately 50,000 posts on the workplace community platform Blind from November [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Six out of 10 office workers believe marriage is no longer necessary, given changing social norms and economic factors, a survey showed Monday. According to the survey of 653 wage earners conducted by local online job placement portal Incruit, 60.2 percent of those polled said getting married is not [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Presidential Committee on Aging Society and Population Policy announced on March 4 that it will begin formal discussions this month to develop its fifth basic plan (2026-2030) for addressing the nation’s declining birthrate and aging population challenges. The announcement follows the committee’s ninth emergency population meeting, held virtually [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Statistics Korea announced plans on January 21 to develop a groundbreaking Population Dynamics Panel Statistics project that will examine how economic and social factors influence marriage and childbirth decisions among different age groups. The new study will track life events of individuals born between 1983 and 1995, analyzing how factors [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The proportion of never-married individuals in their 40s has increased dramatically in South Korea, with 23.6% of men and 11.9% of women remaining single in 2020 – representing a 6.7-fold and 5.7-fold increase respectively compared to 20 years ago, according to a new government report. Statistics Korea released these findings [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – One in five newlywed couples in South Korea earned more than 100 million won annually last year, with the proportion reaching over 30% in Seoul, according to new government data. Statistics Korea’s “2023 Newlywed Couples Statistics” released on December 15 showed that the total number of newlywed couples, including remarriages, decreased [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – A significant shift in attitudes toward traditional family structures is emerging among South Korea’s younger generation, with two in five people in their 20s now believing that marriage is not a prerequisite for having children, according to a new government survey. The 2024 Social Survey by Statistics Korea reveals that [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Nearly 7 in 10 South Koreans believe that couples can live together without getting married, and almost 40 percent support having children outside of wedlock, a government report showed Tuesday, signaling a shift in perceptions around marriage and childbearing in the traditionally conservative country. The report was based on [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – In a significant demographic shift, 1 in 10 marriages in South Korea last year was multicultural, while children born to multicultural families accounted for 5.3% of all births, according to statistics released on November 7 by Statistics Korea. The annual report on multicultural population dynamics revealed that multicultural marriages increased [...]