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[wylies99]

A rare matchmaking event is to be held next week -- at the national level.

http://www.koreaherald.com/national/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20100509000256

As part of its efforts to tackle a falling birthrate here, the Ministry of Health and Welfare is pushing ahead with a group blind date between employees at government offices and private companies.

All officials at ministries and their affiliated public institutions are allowed to apply for the event, which is scheduled on May 19 at a convention center in southern Seoul.

Participants are to decide their partners after programs such as recreational games and musical performances.

�We were planning to invite five ministries. While preparing for the event, the range of applicants has been expanded to include all ministries,� said an official of the Health Ministry.

The number of participants is to be decided on May 12, the closing day of application, the official said.

It is the first time that all ministries have joined to hold such an event with private companies.

In March, the Health Ministry had arranged a group blind date of its employees in cooperation with Lotte Department Store, a major retailer.

A total of 58 unmarried people participated in the event, with 10 couples said to be still dating.

In the March event, female employees made up most of the participants.

Lotte accepted a total of 60 applications in the order of arrival and 42 of them were women. Of the total 58 applicants at the Health Ministry, 41 were women.
By Lee Ji-yoon ([email protected])


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[caniff]

Nothing against Koreans, but during my off-and-on six years here I'm consistently reminded why I should be thankful that I'm not one of them.

[.38 Special]

I'm an optimist and consider myself a bit of a romantic.

But I'm with my pal Putin on this one. Some shows are best watched and left to the actors.

[Moldy Rutabaga]

[VanIslander]

[Moldy Rutabaga]

Van, I meant if I were a Korean office worker. I've been here long enough to know a foreign man would never, ever, ever be invited!

As well, the sort of women who would sign up for government blind dates are probably no prizes -- or else they would have other ways to get a date. But then, I suppose the same would go for the males in the office...

[Rteacher]

They may need to put a veteran with a proven track record of mass marriages in charge ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/14/rev-moon-performs-largest_n_320295.html