SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s salaried workers spent less on congratulatory and condolence money for weddings and funerals in the first quarter as they felt the pinch amid an extended economic slowdown, government data showed Friday. In the three months ended March 31, people spent an average of 250,127 won (US$214) to [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean parents have spent more than half of their retirement savings in the past five years to foot the bill for the cost of their children’s weddings, a private think tank said Thursday. Samsung Life Retirement Research Center recently conducted a survey on 868 parents to find how [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Singer Rain and actress Kim Tae-hee on Friday denied rumors they are marrying in December. A local magazine reported earlier Friday the couple will tie the knot on Christmas Eve in a private ceremony. “How do they know about a wedding they themselves don’t know about,” R.A.I.N. Company said [...]
BUSAN, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire)-On October 26, 78 Chinese couples tied the knot in a group wedding ceremony held at Haeundae Beach in Busan. Busan mayor Seo Byung-soo officiated the wedding, wishing the couples happiness as they embarked on new lives together. The couples arrived in Busan on October 25, and had wedding photos taken [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study conducted by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family shows that when children get married, the parents of the groom spend about 80 million won, while the parents of the bride spend about 60 million won. Due to the high costs of preparing a wedding, most brides [...]
Seoul, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) – After Hallyu Star Bae Yong-joon and Park Soo-jin got married on July 27, weddings of other top stars are attracting media attention again. The wedding that created the most buzz recently was Won Bin and Lee Na-young’s. Everyone was surprised when the two got hitched on a path going through [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Couples with upcoming nuptials are especially affected by the MERS outbreaks in Korea, as people are avoiding crowds in confined areas. More individuals are deciding not to attend weddings and are sending monetary gifts instead. Soon-to-wed couples are worrying about having few guests at their ceremonies, especially since aged [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Nearly four out of 10 married South Korean men were unfaithful to their spouse at least once, a survey said Sunday, making them punishable by a local law on adultery that some say should be repealed. The survey was conducted in June last year on 2,000 men and women [...]
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[Related Article] Excessive Cancellation Fee of Wedding Halls Now Ruled Illegal (Korea Bizwire, May 1) Wedding halls will now have to break away from the practice of forfeiting the deposit money even when couples cancel their bookings months before their wedding day. Furthermore, wedding halls are now banned from charging excessive cancellation fees when newlyweds call off [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Mar 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Seven out of ten college students will seek their parents’ support for their wedding preparation and 40 percent of them will get their support even after their marriage, a survey said. According to Noble Alba, a part-time job information site, which conducted the survey asking 647 university students, [...]