SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Majority of yet-to-marry men and women are against virtually all traditionally accepted notions about marriage, from financial arrangements to having children and divorcing, according to a survey released on Tuesday. Seventy-nine percent of the men and 72.3 percent of the women disagreed with the conventional idea that men finance [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Wedding ceremonies are considered to be some of the biggest family events for Koreans. In fact, weddings are so important that a recent study conducted by wedding consulting firm Duo Wed showed that an average of 82,460,000 won ($72,000) is spent for a wedding ceremony in Korea. But there [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The results of a recent survey conducted by Life and Health Magazine, HeyDay (owned by Lina Life Insurance), and the Kang Dong-woo Korean Institute for Sexual & Couples’ Health revealed that 36.1 percent of married respondents (743 men and women) said that they engage in sexual intercourse once or [...]
SEJONG, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of childbirths in South Korea fell at the fastest clip in more than two years in April on a low birthrate and late marriage trend, government data showed Thursday. About 35,300 babies were born in April, down 7.3 percent, or 2,800, from 38,100 a year earlier, extending [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The average ages of both South Korean men and women at the time of their first marriages have reached record highs, a market report said Tuesday, suggesting economic issues as a possible reason. According to the report from local matchmaking firm Duo, the average age of men who met [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) – In the 1980s and 1990s, the major reason cited for divorce was ‘husband’s domestic violence’. But from 2010 onward, it has changed to rather abstract discords between couples, like ‘difference in personality’. According to the Korea Legal Aid Center for Family Relations, which analyzed over 1.46 million consultations from [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean parents have spent more than half of their retirement savings in the past five years to foot the bill for the cost of their children’s weddings, a private think tank said Thursday. Samsung Life Retirement Research Center recently conducted a survey on 868 parents to find how [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) – The marriage season is back, and with it is the Korean penchant for lavish wedding gifts. In a fortuitous coincidence, it just so happens that high-end brands like Chanel and Bottega Veneta are adjusting their product prices upward. According to representatives from the retail and fashion industries, Chanel will [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The chances of getting married can increase by up to five times for men and two times for women when employed, revealed the Korea Economic Research Institute (KERI) in a recent report. According to the report, after conducting a study into the effects of employment on marriage for those between [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Engaged couples are shopping online to purchase furnishings for their new homes, avoiding endless shopping and almost inevitable arguments while they purchase the items the need to start a life together. Not so long ago, couples preparing for marriage had to walk around from store to store to purchase [...]