SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – A substantial number of South Korean elementary, middle and high school students no longer think that marriage is an obligation. ChildFund Korea, a Seoul-based charity organization for children with mental and physical disabilities, conducted a survey of 708 elementary, middle and high school students. Only 16.7 percent of the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of the second generation of South Korea’s chaebol (conglomerate) families turned out to have married partners from within the chaebol community. According to a survey conducted by corporate tracker CEO Score that looked at the marriages of family members in the nation’s top 55 conglomerates headed [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Roughly 20 percent of newlyweds in South Korea going into the fifth year of their marriage do not have children, breaking previous records. Statistics Korea said Tuesday that 18.3 percent of couples five years into their marriage did not have children as of last year, setting a record in [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Six in 10 South Koreans over 13 years of age believe couples can live together or have children without getting married. Statistics Korea conducted a survey of 38,000 South Koreans over 13 years of age, 59.7 percent of whom believed couples can live together without getting married. The result [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Those who pay monthly rent for housing are less likely to get married than those who own their own home, a recent study revealed. The Korea Economic Research Institute (KERI) released a report Wednesday that analyzed the correlation between factors related to housing and marriage or birth based on [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Roughly 7 in 10 Korean men in their 30s are interested in getting married, while women are more interested in staying single. According to the Planned Population Federation of Korea’s survey of 1,000 single men and women in their 30s, 30 percent of women did not want to get [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Young South Koreans in their 20s and 30s are giving up on marriage and many other aspects of life due to the difficulty in securing a stable job. Duo, a local matchmaking agency, conducted a survey of 500 unmarried young adults in their 20s and 30s (250 men, 250 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Revenues of matchmaking businesses are on the rise as the more consumers are returning to use the service again. Less chance to meet people naturally due to the pandemic is assumed to have prompted more people to turn to matchmaking services. Compared to last year, Duo, a local matchmaking [...]
SEJONG, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – More than 3.09 million Korean women live alone, with growing numbers engaged in economic activities, government statistics showed Wednesday. According to Statistics Korea, one-woman households accounted for 50.3 percent of the total 6.14 million single-person households this year. The statistics agency expects the number to continue to rise to [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of South Korean singles don’t feel the need to get married, a recent study revealed. Embrain Trend Monitor, a market research firm, conducted a survey of 1,200 South Korean single men and women between the ages of 19 and 45, of which only 18.1 percent thought [...]