1 out of 10 Korean women to remain single in 2025


SEOUL: One out of 10 South Korean females who turn 50 in 2025 is expected to be single, a recent report showed. 

According to the study by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs on Wednesday, unmarried women, who accounted for 3.8 per cent of all Korean women in 2015, would increase to 7.1 per cent in 2020 and 10.5 per cent in 2025. In the 1990s, less than 1 per cent of South Korean women were single.

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