SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of migrant women who have come to South Korea for marriage are concerned with family problems, a survey showed Tuesday. The Seoul Counseling Center for Migrant Women reported that among 12,341 counseling cases last year, 35.8 percent dealt with family issues, followed by administrative complaints (18.3 percent) [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean actor Song Joong-ki said Monday he has just been married to British actress Katy Louise Saunders and she is pregnant with his baby. The 37-year-old actor made the surprise announcement in a letter to a fan club, saying the couple has just completed the marriage registration. “I [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Assortative mating inequality in South Korea is lower than in other countries while the proportion of single-person or single-parent households in the country is also lower than in other nations, a central bank report said Thursday. In a recent study, the Bank of Korea reported that the Gini coefficient of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Home-owning young South Koreans have more positive views toward marriage than those who do not own a home, the statistics agency said Wednesday. Statistics Korea analyzed the statistical data of the unmarried South Korean population between the ages of 19 and 34 as stipulated in the Social Survey 2020, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., a major South Korean mobile carrier, said Thursday it will offer a “non-marriage” grant, similar to the company’s existing “marriage” grant, a first among large companies in the country. According to the company, the non-marriage grant system will take effect from the beginning of next year, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Men and women have different perceptions of potential marriage partners who are well off but reluctant to spend their money, a survey showed Tuesday. Matchmaking firm Bien-Aller conducted a survey of 516 single men and women, in which 52.3 percent of men thought positively of wealthy women reluctant to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Around 17 percent of South Korean women experienced a career break following their marriage this year, with child-rearing among the top reasons, data showed Tuesday. The number of women aged 15-54 who had stopped working after marriage had come to 1.39 million as of April, slightly down from 1.44 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Half of all South Koreans believe that they don’t need to get married, with one third noting that the sentiment could largely be attributed to not being able to afford a wedding, the statistics agency said Wednesday. The survey by Statistics Korea showed 50 percent of respondents wanted to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Men consider physical looks to be more important when looking for someone to get married to compared to women. Matchmaking firms Bien-Aller and Only You conducted a nationwide survey of 518 single men and women, in which 38.2 percent of men said physical looks come as first priority when [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Increases in the price of housing have a negative impact on the rate of marriage and childbirth, a report showed Thursday. The Korea Institute of Public Finance conducted a survey on employees at public agencies, which showed that a 100 percent rise in housing prices resulted in 0.1 to 0.3 [...]