Social Affairs
Number of marriages sinks to 12-yr low in 2015: report
April 7, 2016
The number of South Koreans getting married dropped to a 12-year low in 2015, a government report showed Thursday, partly on a steady decline in the number of people in the marriage age group.In 2015, the number of marriages came to about 302,800, the lowest since 302,500 tallied in 2002, according to Statistics Korea.The annual figure represents a 0.9-percent drop from a year before, with 2015 marking the fourth consecutive year the number decreased.A drop in the number of marriages spells a pr