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Caption: (서울=뉴스1) 이호윤 기자 = 18일 국토연구원의 '7월 부동산시장 소비심리지수'에 따르면 전국 주택 매매시장 소비심리지수는 119.5로 집계됐다. 직전월(118.8)보다 0.7포인트(p) 상승하며 넉 달 연속 오름세를 이어갔다. 수도권 매매시장 소비심리지수는 128.5로 직전월보다 1.1p 올랐다. 서울은 139.9로 1.9p 상승했다. 경기는 125.1로 0.6p 하락한 반면 인천은 114.0으로 7.0p 상승했다. 사진은 이날 서울 시내의 한 부동산의 모습. 2026.8.18/뉴스1

Government housing measures backfire on young couples

Tax and loan changes meant to curb speculation are complicating home plans for couples preparing to marry and raise children.

2026.8.20

Couples browse wedding dresses at a wedding fair at Coex in Gangnam District, southern Seoul, on July 6. [NEWS1]

50% of couples married five years or less don't have children but debt

Half of couples in Korea who have been married for one to five years do not have children, and dual-income spouses who do not own a home are especially less likely to have kids

2025.12.12

Newlyweds fall below 1 million in 2023 on unconducive priorities, economy

The number of newlyweds, or those married for five years or less, fell below 1 million in 2023 on changing values and economic difficulties.

2024.12.10

A wedding dress shop located in Ahyeon-dong, Seodaemun District in western Seoul on Jan. 26 [NEWS1]

Facing harsh economic realities, more Korean couples saying 'I don't'

Many young Koreans now consider marriage a luxury. Financially insecure people shun marriage, while more economically confident people tie the knot. According to Statistics Korea, the average income level of newlyweds has been increasing sharply.

2024.2.4

A woman passes by a wedding dress shop in Ahyeon-dong in Mapo District, western Seoul, on Monday. [YONHAP]

Korean newlyweds filled with DINKs, debt and dipping birthrates

Korea’s newlywed couples were burdened with record-high amounts of debt last year while having the least number of babies in history, according to Statistics Korea on Monday.

2023.12.11

A shopper walks by a wedding dress shop in Ahyeon-dong, Mapo District, western Seoul, on March 17, 2022. [YONHAP]

Number of Korean newlyweds falls at its sharpest rate yet

The total number of newlyweds in Korea last year dropped 7 percent on year, the sharpest decline since related data began to be complied in 2016.

2022.12.12

Here comes the bill

Members of the Federation of Korean Newlyweds hold a wedding car protest at the public parking lot of Yeouido Park, western Seoul, on Wednesday.

2021.9.15

Surrounded by standing wreathes that were sent by dozens of frustrated couples across the nation, a couple holds a sign demanding the easing of government social distancing restrictions on weddings at a protest sponsored by the Federation of Korean Newlyweds on Thursday morning. [NEWS1]

Who wants a socially-distanced wedding anyway?

Planning a wedding in normal times is a herculean task. Add to that a pandemic and the chaos of continuously changing social distancing guidelines, and you have more stress than most betrothed couples can bear.

2021.9.9

A truck with an electronic signboard urging the government to improve its guidelines about holding wedding ceremony operated by a civic group representing soon-to-be married couples and newlyweds in front of the Seoul City Hall in central Seoul on Aug. 19. [NEWS1]

You may now kiss your money goodbye

Couples are being gouged by wedding halls as they change their plans due to the pandemic, and they are forced to pay huge cancellation fees.

2021.8.24

Employees disinfect a wedding hall in Suwon, Gyeonggi, on Aug. 19. Korea's number of marriages sharply declined in July due to the prolonged Covid-19 pandemic. [NEWS1]

Covid-19 sees marriage, births fall as divorce, death rises

The number of newlyweds in Korea has been on the decline as the prolonged Covid-19 pandemic forces couples to postpone wedding plans and limits dating.

2020.9.23

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