By Marriage rates in Korea dropped to an all time low last year.Â
 
The nation’s marriage rate – the number of marriages for every 1,000 people in Korea – has plunged to a record low of 6.2 for 2009, the lowest figure since the government started tracking the statistic in 1970. [JoongAng Daily]
Along with fewer marriages comes a lower fertility rate.
Korea’s annual fertility rate, or the number of children an average woman has in her lifetime, stood at 1.15 as of last year, the lowest among member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. [JoongAng Daily]
The number of marriages between Korean women and foreign men were on the rise.
The recent data also revealed an interesting development concerning marriages between Korean women and foreign men. They slightly rose from 8,041 in 2008 to 8,158 last year. [JoongAng Daily]
 I think these numbers reflect Korean Women’s desire to break from the traditional roles of a wife to a more independent lifestyle.
1:15 pm on March 24th, 2010 1
It sounds very much like what is currently happening in Japan where the women there have been seeking more independent lifestyles as well:
http://rokdrop.com/2009/09/26/french-lexpress-on-…
2:00 pm on March 24th, 2010 2
Sounds to me like neither can stand each other, as Korean men are opting for foreign born wives as well.
9:50 pm on March 24th, 2010 3
After a few generations of interbreeding the Korean race will be simply a race of Asian Mutts. How amusing.
First Korean women married Americans rather than their own men, and now Korean men are importing wives.
So much for the "pure and proud" Race.
8:29 am on March 25th, 2010 4
Well, everyone but Koreans are to blame. The Cambodians, Americans, Vietnamese, marriage agencies (run by Koreans, but not Korean?), are all to blame!!!! Why can't they just leave Korea alone and understand the greatness that is KOREA!!
5:31 pm on March 28th, 2010 5
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