SEJONG, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of newlyweds in South Korea shrank nearly 15 percent in December 2016 amid a widespread late marriage trend, government data showed Thursday. Some 28,400 couples tied the knot in December last year, down 14.7 percent from 33,300 cases tallied in the same month in 2015, according to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – In a sign of a shift away from a once highly conservative society, more Koreans are growing comfortable with the idea of divorce, and living together before tying the knot. Researchers from the Korea Institute of Health and Social Affairs, Seoul National University (Institute for Social Development and Policy [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Shedding new light on the high economic standards often required of couples tying the knot, a study by wedding consulting firm DuoWed revealed that the average couple spends over 263 million won ($230,000) on their wedding. The figure was a 4 percent decline from 2016, and includes the cost [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Husbands are more satisfied with their marriages than wives in South Korea, a survey showed Thursday, indicating that married men’s involvement in household work is still insufficient. The survey of 476 married men and 576 married women, conducted between June and November last year, showed that 72.2 percent of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – More South Koreans, noticeably young people and women, are putting less emphasis on traditional values such as family and marriage, a survey showed Thursday. The survey was conducted by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KIHASA) on people aged over 18 in 2006 and 2016. It showed [...]
SEJONG, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of stay-at-home fathers in South Korea hit a six-year high in 2016 amid rising female employment and the tightened job market, government data showed Tuesday. A total of 161,000 men took on the caretaking and homemaking role in a family last year, marking the largest since 2010, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Singer-actor Rain and actress Kim Tae-hee tied the knot at a Catholic church in central Seoul on Thursday, becoming top celebrity husband and wife. The two stars exchanged gifts and prayed during the modest wedding Mass at the Gahoe-dong Church, attended by only their family members, close friends and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – A college student once caused nationwide controversy when she said on a TV show that short men are “losers”, and “men should at least be 180cm (5’11”) tall.” Living as a Korean man can be tough. There are more than a few expectations to live up to, especially from [...]
SEJONG, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – More than 35 percent of thirtysomethings in South Korea remained unmarried last year amid a widespread late marriage trend in the country, census data showed Monday. According to the 2015 census by Statistics Korea, out of 42.7 million people aged 15 or over, 13.4 million, or 31.3 percent, were [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study by Statistics Korea (Korea Social Trends 2016) showed that men had a higher level of satisfaction in their relationship with their spouse than women, for those in commuter marriages. Of the male respondents living apart from their partners, 64.5 percent said they were satisfied with their [...]