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[Real Reality]

More bachelors find brides overseas
Some men, frustrated by their contacts with Korean women, look abroad
In 2003, the number of Korean men marrying foreigners totaled more than 19,000, a huge jump from only about 600 in 1990, according to the National Statistical Office. The number of Korean women marrying foreigners has increased, too, but at a much slower pace - to about 6,400 in 2003 from about 4,100 in 1990.

Arranged marriages are nothing new in Korea, says Bang Ho-bong, a managing director of Naeil Bank, which claims to be the largest broker of foreign marriages in Gyeonggi Province.

Asked why he married a Vietnamese rather than a Korean woman, his answer was simple. "There was no Korean woman who would consider marrying me. I make a living by selling eggs and I didn't finish higher education. "Also," he said, "I've seen many friends in a similar situation whose marriages to Korean women were broken so easily."
by Lee Sun-young
The Korea Herald (October 20, 2004)
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2004/10/20/200410200009.asp

What is the managing director's name?
What does this article say about Korean men?
What does this article say about Korean women?

[visviva]

Are Naeil the ones who put those cursed "��Ʈ�� ó��� ��ȥ �ϼ���!" banners everywhere?

[yangban]

Oh oh,

Looks like keeping the Korean race pure is not a priority anymore. What would the ancestors say?

[peemil]

It's no bloody wonder. I wouldn't want to marry a Korean woman either. Stuck up cows.

[Gollum]

The guy doesn't have a high enough education, and probably couldn't afford to ever go to a room salon.

Korean women like smart guys that screw other women.

Just as long as they get their husband's paycheck to play with every month and can sit in the sauna bragging to their ajumma-friends how much money their husbands make.

Well, actually, they don't like it that their husbands screw around. The fact that fewer women are accepting it is creating three kinds of girls here:

1. Women who marry just for money but could care less -- and they also play with other men too.

2. Women who won't marry because they can't find a man "good enough" or "good and rich" enough.

3. Women who are dating foriegners.

[ThisCharmingMan]

[Swiss James]

Mail Order brides eh, what next- diet cola?

[dogbert]

Whenever I see one of those banners, I wonder how they can certify that the women are actually virgins. Is there some sort of Vietnamese Virginity test? If one is found not to be a virgin, can the husband get a refund? Exchange?

[peppermint]

Well, I was told when I arrived that the hospital down the street from my hagwon, had only recently taken down a sign offering hymen checking. That was in 2002.

[dogbert]

[hojusaram]

As a person who is also married to an overseas person and not being a Korean. Living here for some time, and communicating with those foreign wives who do marry korean men. I find generally there are few reasons for the increases:-
1. The Korean man is the first born son of the family and this means that the wife will be a slave to his parents (in a lot of cases). So the man has no choice but to look for an outsider because Korean women have less interest in being simple slaves to her husband's family. This has been mainly due to the better education standards of women.
2. The Korean man is a farmer with low income and Korean women are taught to respect only people in their own income bracket or higher; but no lower. Also in Korea you may only marry into your own level in society in most cases and the age differences are important in a marriage in Korea.
3. To marry in Korea the bridal price is around 50,000,000 won. So basically if you love a Korean woman and you have this kind of bank balance your on a safe bet. If not forget about it. Family money is important too, if your family has money then you are going to be luckier than most. No Money and having a rural background will not stand you in good stead for an Agashi here.
4. Some Korean men (not all) are traditionalists and have a similar confuscian mentality in which men are considered to be more important and more useful than women at any stage in life.
5. After you have been here a while and you'll see the woman being towed down the street by her hair, you will suddenly realise why marrying a Korean man may not appeal to some people. But violence in the family exists in all society, why should it be any different here? A word of warning "do not get involved at any price".
6. Love is secondary to all relationships in a Korean marriage. Unless you are able to keep your first love from University, your marriage will be designated by your parents. If your parents do not approve of your relationship then it will no longer exist. This is not the case all the time, but when you notice the failure rate of Korean marriages you can understand how detrimental this is in todays more 'modern' Korean society. When they do marry for love, there is no difference between the Korean married couple and the Western married couple. Both want the same things for their family and children.

[Ilsanman]

I think a woman's hymen can be broken by a tampon. Or by a car accident. Silly Koreans.

It's sad when a woman from another country would consider a Korean man 'a catch'.

[pet lover]

Ah, but don't forget, in Korea, it can also be "restored" thanks to medical technology.

[indiercj]

[casey's moon]