A US$200,000 wedding ceremony? In this economy? South Korean women choose to stay single, some even staging self-weddings ...

And perhaps this could even lead to marriage." Kim Young-ran, research fellow at the Korean Women's Development Institute The rise in single-person households also means an increase in solitary ...

It briefly topped a major bestseller chart in South Korea, with an enthusiastic response not only from other single women in their 30s, but also from an older generation, including people who had ...