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 [...]
SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Olympic gold medalist figure skater Kim Yu-na will tie the knot with a classical singer in October, her management agency said Monday. Kim Yu-na and Ko Woo-rim will hold their wedding in Seoul in late October, according to All That Sports. It did not elaborate on the exact date [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The vast majority of South Koreans believe that the country has already entered the era of a multicultural society, while the younger generation believes that they can marry anyone regardless of ethnicity, a poll showed Wednesday. Market researcher Embrain Trend Monitor conducted a survey of 1,000 men and women [...]