International marriages in South Korea up 8.5 pct in 2018
Sejong: The number of international marriages between a South Korean national and a foreigner rose 8.5 percent in 2018 from a year earlier, government data showed Wednesday. There were 23,773 international marriages last year, up 1,856 from 2017, according to the data by Statistics Korea. It marked the second straight year that the number of […]
S. Korea: number of marriages falls to lowest level in more than four decades
The number of South Koreans getting married fell to the lowest level in more than 40 years in 2018, government data showed Wednesday, as young people delay marriage amid a prolonged economic slowdown. The number of couples tying the knot came to 257,622 in 2018, compared with 264,455 in 2017, according to Statistics Korea. The […]
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