SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The birthrate in South Korea, plunging at an unprecedented speed, is largely influenced by the popularity of remaining single and a growing number of married couples choosing not to have children. Last year, the country’s total fertility rate, the average number of births for each female, was 0.92, the [...]
SEOUL, March 19 (Korea Bizwire) — With the increase in single-person households, traveling alone is becoming a new trend, prompting travel companies to creating new custom packages for single-person households. Then, how do unmarried men and women perceive traveling alone? According to a survey of 345 single men and women conducted by matchmaking agency DUO, [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Single men and women in South Korea said that the worst way to break up is to ‘suddenly go out of touch.’ Duo Info Corp., a South Korean matchmaking service, conducted a survey of 426 single men and women asking them about how they broke up in past relationships, [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Only one in 10 single people in South Korea actively say they want to hold a wedding, a survey said Monday. According to the poll of 2,464 unmarried people — 1,140 men and 1,324 women — aged between 20 to 44 by the state-run Korea Institute for Health and [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly one out of four single South Koreans don’t want to have babies, even after they marry, due to concerns over child-rearing costs, a survey showed Tuesday. According to a survey by matchmaking agency Duo Info Corp., 37.6 percent of unmarried respondents said they want to have a child [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of South Korean singles are considering family background as an important quality to find a “perfect match”, while age difference is becoming less of an issue. Duo Human Life Research Institute conducted a survey of South Korean citizens between 25 and 39 years of age, asking [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Asked on what they fantasize about when they think of life as a newlywed, most singles in their 20s and 30s said they would like to regularly travel overseas and decorate their new home. Duo, a matchmaking information service, asked 419 singles about the fantasies they have about newly-married [...]
SEONGNAM, South Korea, Aug 20 (Korea Bizwire) – A speed dating project,’ named ‘Saemaul’ after the famous political initiative ‘The New Community Movement’ of the seventies in Korea and in memory of its forward-heading spirit, will be hosted in the city of Seongnam, Korea on August 24. More than 200 young men and women will participate [...]