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[00:00.38] Isthma: Hey, Sunny, I would like to ask a few questions about marriage in Korea.

[00:05.38] The first question is, at what age do they usually get married?

[00:10.38] Sunny: I think the average age for Koreans to marry is about 27 to 28 for girls, and then 30 to 31 for guys,

[00:20.88] because, you know, guys in Korea, they have to serve military service, so that's why it makes marriage a little bit later than other countries, I think.

[00:30.63] Isthma: Okay. And where are the like marriages usually held?

[00:35.38] Sunny: Where?

[00:36.88] Isthma: Where.

[00:38.13] Sunny: It's usually held at a wedding hall. And for people who believe in Catholic or Christian, they do it in churches or cathedrals.

[00:49.88] Isthma: Is it usually like expensive, and they have like big weddings? Or they invite all locals or -

[00:58.38] Sunny: Well, it depends on people, but usually, it's about one groom invite about 100 people, and the bride invites about the same.

[01:08.88] And then, relatives come and then friends come, so I think it's like pretty big, compared to western cultures.

[01:18.38] Isthma: It sounds expensive, but who pays for all that, for all the -

[01:24.38] Sunny: As long as I know, it's about half and half for groom and bride.

[01:28.13] And for gifts, like usually guys provide home, and then the girls provide refrigerators and sofas and the gadgets in the home.

[01:42.38] Isthma: Mm, okay. Are divorces common in Korea?

[01:48.13] Sunny: Well, a few statistics says it's high, but I think people are getting stigmatized when they get divorced, so people usually don't get like divorced.

[01:59.88] Isthma: Okay, what do you mean by - stigmatized?

[02:02.63] Sunny: Because people don't think divorce is good, so people want to hide their divorce.

[02:12.13] Isthma: And can you tell me another unique thing or unique element in a Korean marriage?

[02:22.13] Sunny: Wedding ceremonies in Korea, it is made of two parts. The first part is like western style.

[02:30.88] We are wearing - brides wear this wedding dress, like white wedding dress and something like that.

[02:37.38] And then, the guys wear suits. And then in second part, we wear traditional Korean clothes.

[02:43.63] I think that's kind of unique in Korean wedding.

[02:47.38] Isthma: Okay, thank you so much.

[02:50.63] Sunny: No problem.