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South Korea's Soaring Marriage Costs Tied to Cultural Traditions

The Nikkei Shimbun (Nikkei) highlighted South Korea’s high marriage costs and young people’s avoidance of marriage. On the 2nd of last month, Nikkei cited a survey conducted by Korean marriage ...
Metro Weekly

South Korea to Count Same-Sex Couples in National Census

Policy shift allows same-sex partners to identify as "spouse," marking a quiet breakthrough for LGBTQ visibility in South ...

Korea to count same-sex couples as spouses in census for first time

Same-sex couples in South Korea can now be counted as “spouses” in the national census — a simple checkbox that, for many, ...
Human Rights WatchOpinion

South Korea: Census to Count Same-Sex Couples

South Korea’s Ministry of Data and Statistics updated the 2025 Population and Housing Census on October 22, 2025, to allow ...