SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Only 2.9 percent of South Korean single women regard marriage as necessary, a figure far lower than their Chinese counterparts, a survey showed Wednesday. In contrast, 19.4 percent of Chinese women consider marriage necessary, according to the survey of 411 and 413 single women aged 25-34 and living in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid South Korea’s rapid decrease in the number of marriages, the rate of unmarried people in their mid-30s and under has already surpassed that of Japan, which has already experienced a surge in celibacy. A new study conducted by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs reports that [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — If young job seekers find job a year early, their first marriage is likely to occur three months earlier, according to a report from the National Assembly Budget Office. The report is based on a youth panel survey, which tracks approximately 10,000 young adults aged 15 to 29. The [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Asked on what they fantasize about when they think of life as a newlywed, most singles in their 20s and 30s said they would like to regularly travel overseas and decorate their new home. Duo, a matchmaking information service, asked 419 singles about the fantasies they have about newly-married [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans are becoming less inclined to get married, research showed Wednesday, apparently due to the rising economic burden along with concerns over raising children. According to the research conducted by Daumsoft Inc., which analyzed keywords used on online communities and social media from January 2016 to September 2018, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A new law that would entitle each spouse to half of the other’s national pension funds upon divorce after a marriage period of one year or longer is being pushed forth. Under current laws, couples must be married for five years of more to be entitled to the same [...]
SEJONG, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Less than half of South Koreans think marriage is a necessity as the country struggles with an alarmingly low birth rate and more people getting married later, data showed Tuesday. The survey of 39,000 people over 13 years of age, by Statistics Korea, revealed 48.1 percent saying they want [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – A new survey has found that fewer South Koreans are clinging to the traditional notion that marriage is a necessity. According to statistics provided by a group of experts who advise the Presidential Committee on Ageing Society and Population Policy, the ratio of people who thought that “marriage was something that [...]
SEJONG, Jul. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 2.84 million Korean women live alone, with growing numbers engaged in economic activities, data showed on Monday. According to the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family and Statistics Korea, one-woman households accounted for 49.5 percent of the total 5.74 million single-person households this year. The statistics agency [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A new study has revealed that college-educated South Korean women with student loan debt are less likely to get married. South Korean women who have a student loan to pay back are nearly 37 percent less likely to get married, according to a thesis published in the Health and Social [...]