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Rob_Hugo@PortNWI read an interesting article from the New York Times about South Korean males venturing out to other Asian countries in order to obtain a wife.
One of the contributing factor of all of these males needing foreign bride stemmed off from Korean parents-to-be screening the sex of their fetus; prefering males to females. Thus, when there are too many Korean men and too few Korean women...uh-oh. Korean women can choose to be more selective than men when it comes to finding 'the one'. Due to modernization and a rise in women's lib and standards when it comes to the female gender, Korean men feel that their chances of finding the perfect Korean women have decreased. Women might not be interested in poor farmers or blue-collar workers when they can pick and choose from city slickers and white-collar workers. (Go girls!)
So what is one way to solve this dilemma? Easy: the men use brokers to find their future wives in: China, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, to name a few. In exchange for who knows what (financial stability, probably?), these foreign Asian women also sign up to marry Korean men.
The article mentioned that the men would fly out to meet a group of women in their home country. Then they interview each other and narrow down their selection. After that, they make their decision based on compatibility. Within several days and getting to meet the parents of the future wife, the couple ties the knot. Sounds simple enough.
Come to think of it, maybe I can approach a broker and sign up to marry a Korean man...
AnonymousOkay, so I just finished an article from the New York Times about 2 South Korean television stars' brief marriage ending due to domestic violence and crappy wedding gifts. Domestic violence, I understand--but wedding gifts?!? Wow :~
Yes, the status of women is increasing. South Korean women are more educated and independent than ever before. In this particular article, the bride's parents were not happy with the groom's gift in the form of a 1000 square foot apartment (in their eyes, the bride deserved at least 1800 sq. ft.). Educated and wealthy women do not have to put up with crappy gifts! The women are worth so much more now [as oppose to 20 years ago when they were not very significant?] 😛 and their standards for men can be higher, as well. You go, girls!
According to a professor of family studies in South Korea, wedding gifts are extremely important, especially to show status in an increasingly successful economy. The professor mentioned that the nouveau riche & wealthy use the wedding gifts to show how wealthy they are; not only that, but the prof. also commented about how materialistic the people have become since the 1980s boom in the economy. They can afford to be materialistic, now!