SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Marrying couples in South Korea in their 30s have become more common at wedding halls than those in their 20s, a statistics agency said Tuesday. About 193,000 couples got married in 2021 with 157,000 weddings involving wives getting married for the first time, according to Statistics Korea. Sorted by [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Rampant inflation that has caused a spike in consumer prices is affecting the size of “congratulatory money on wedding,” cash gifts given at wedding ceremonies, causing frustration among young people, those who are fresh out of college of late. As “paying 50,000 won (US$40.10) for just being present, or [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s soon-to-be married couples are fighting against the government’s COVID-19 restrictions on indoor weddings, saying that the ever-shifting rules are causing them financial and emotional damage. On Thursday morning, a few members of an alliance, made up of approximately 6,000 people with imminent wedding plans, staged a protest [...]
SEJONG, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of newborn babies in South Korea dropped to a six-month low in June, government data showed Wednesday. About 28,900 babies were born in the month, down 12.2 percent, or 4,000, from 32,900 tallied a year earlier, according to the data from Statistics Korea. It is the second-lowest [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Concerns over the plunging fertility rate may be deepening as a recent analysis of the most commonly used buzzwords by Nielsen Korea revealed attitudes towards marriage are not improving. The analysis was conducted from 2014 to May 31 of this year. Utilizing big data technology, Nielsen Korea trawled major social [...]