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, Apr. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The spouse of actress Choi Ji-woo is a IT company worker in his 30s, entertainment industry sources said Tuesday. Fans remained curious about the groom after the 43-year-old star had a surprise wedding at an undisclosed place Thursday. Little is known about the groom except that “he is a [...]
SEJONG, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The rate of marriages of highly educated women has dropped sharply over the past 15 years amid the country’s late- and non-marriage trend, government data showed Tuesday. Out of 1,000 women who graduated from college-level or higher educational institutions, 28.6 tied the knot in 2015, compared with 41.2 cases [...]
SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) – An increasing number of South Korean celebrities are choosing smaller, private weddings, or even keeping their marriage secret until after the ceremony. The latest surprise to fans came from actress and singer Sung Yu-ri last week, when she announced on May 15 on her official fan site that she [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Weddings don’t come cheap in Korea. A study conducted in February by wedding consulting firm DuoWed showed that an average couple spends roughly 263.3 million won ($231,388) to tie the knot. Even deducting the cost of housing for newlyweds, which was 186.4 million won (70.8 percent of the total), [...]
SEJONG, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of newlyweds in South Korea shrank nearly 15 percent in December 2016 amid a widespread late marriage trend, government data showed Thursday. Some 28,400 couples tied the knot in December last year, down 14.7 percent from 33,300 cases tallied in the same month in 2015, according to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Shedding new light on the high economic standards often required of couples tying the knot, a study by wedding consulting firm DuoWed revealed that the average couple spends over 263 million won ($230,000) on their wedding. The figure was a 4 percent decline from 2016, and includes the cost [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Singer-actor Rain and actress Kim Tae-hee tied the knot at a Catholic church in central Seoul on Thursday, becoming top celebrity husband and wife. The two stars exchanged gifts and prayed during the modest wedding Mass at the Gahoe-dong Church, attended by only their family members, close friends and [...]
SEJONG, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – More than 35 percent of thirtysomethings in South Korea remained unmarried last year amid a widespread late marriage trend in the country, census data showed Monday. According to the 2015 census by Statistics Korea, out of 42.7 million people aged 15 or over, 13.4 million, or 31.3 percent, were [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent survey revealed that many couples are unable to obtain refunds for their deposits, or are forced to pay exorbitant fees when they cancel wedding hall reservations. The Korea Consumer Agency announced on November 28 that contract cancellation (78.3 percent) ranked first among computer complaints related to wedding [...]