All posts tagged "Singles"

  • One Korean cinema is even offering 'Singles only' screening this Christmas Eve.  
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    More S. Koreans going to theaters alone: CGV

    By Park Sojung SEOUL (Yonhap) — An increasing ratio of the country’s movie-going population go to theaters by themselves, the latest research by the nation’s largest theater chain showed Thursday. One in 10 people went to the...

    • Posted January 28, 2016
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  • A visitor has a meal alone at a Japanese restaurant, Ichimen, in Sinchon, Seoul. The restaurant provides rooms separated with wooden panels for those who want to eat alone. (Korea Times file)
    [REUTERS] Korea targets “golden singles” amid consumer slump

       As South Korea’s population rapidly ages, makers of consumer goods from washing machines to packaged foods and pet products are increasingly targeting people like Lee Dong-soo, who is 34 and lives alone with his cat. Spending...

    • Posted November 1, 2014
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  • One Korean cinema is even offering 'Singles only' screening this Christmas Eve.  
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    Christmas for one

    Singles events gaining popularity in Korea   By Yoon Sung-won, Kwon Ji-youn, Park Jin-hai During the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, restaurants, cafes and bars are usually packed with people who want to spend time with their...

    • Posted December 24, 2013
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    No. 1 reason for getting married is fear of late-in-life loneliness

    Fear of loneliness in later life is the primary reason for getting married, said Statistics Korea. According to their study, singles aged 25-39 took up 27.4 percent of the total population in 2000, but the number soared...

    • Posted November 26, 2013
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