SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The vast majority of individuals who are not in a relationship choose to be single voluntarily, a survey showed Tuesday. The Korea Population, Health and Welfare Association conducted a survey of 1,047 ‘voluntary’ singles between the ages of 19 and 34, 65.5 percent of whom said they were not [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey showed that almost two thirds of unmarried couples who live together without being married are satisfied with the relationship with their partner. The state-funded Korea Women’s Development Institute conducted a survey of 3,007 persons between 19 and 69 years of age living as an unmarried couple, [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea-Japan relations have deteriorated to a level where only 2 in 10 Koreans and Japanese say they like each other, but a majority of people still want diplomatic ties between the two countries to improve. The Korea Economic Research Institute conducted a survey of 1,431 South Korean and [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The management agency of K-pop stars Jennie of BLACKPINK and G-Dragon of BIGBANG on Wednesday refused to confirm a report that they are secretly dating. Dispatch, an entertainment news outlet, reported on the same day that the two popular singer-rappers have been in a relationship for about a year. [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Many couples grow tired of their relationship in an average of two years, a recent study revealed. Local matchmaking firm Duo conducted a survey of 458 single adults who said that they typically grow tired of a relationship after an average of 1 year and 10 months. Among respondents, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Kim Hee-chul of boy band Super Junior and girl group TWICE’s Japanese member Momo are in a romantic relationship, the artists’ management agencies confirmed Thursday. “After getting along as close colleagues of show business, the two have recently started liking and dating each other,” Kim’s agency, Label SJ, said. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Two top-tier K-pop stars, Jihyo of girl band TWICE and solo artist Kang Daniel, confirmed Monday that they are in a romantic relationship. Early Monday, a news outlet released photos of the two stars on a date near Kang Daniel’s home in Hannam-dong in central Seoul. Within a few [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey has revealed that 8 in 10 unmarried men and women were willing to have a relationship with a non-Korean. Matchmaking agency Duo Info Corp. conducted a survey of 408 unmarried men and women, specifically 197 men and 211 women, and released the results on Thursday. According [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of single women are open-minded about living together with a partner before getting married, but only when the parties are committed to eventually tying the knot, a survey said Thursday. The result is part of a poll by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs on [...]
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 [...]