I was in school last Saturday for a group project meeting. I saw a group of Filipinas with their kids. They were going to attend a service at the Unification Church, which is located near our school. As mentioned in a previous post, the Unification Church is known for a mass wedding held in the Philippines more than a decade ago.
Anyway, the news article below says that there are more Korean men now marrying foreign nationals. It also mentioned the Ministry of Gender Equality’s plan to educate Korean men on what they need to know when marrying foreign nationals.
It has been said that Korean men, especially farmers in rural areas, have difficulty finding a Korean wife. Most women wouldn’t want to live in a farm. In another KT article published in April of this year, I read that only about 12% of Korean men married to foreign women make their living farming or fishing.
The number of Korean men marrying foreign nationals has tripled over the past five years, the Ministry of Gender Equality said Monday, with eight in 100 getting hitched to foreign women last year.
The number of immigrant women increased to about 130,000 this year from 111,834 in 2007 and 86,052 in 2006.
By country, China formed the largest group of foreign wives with some 52,000, including ethnic Korean Chinese. Vietnam came next with 20,942, followed by the Philippines with 7,601, Japan with 5,949 and Taiwan with 2,043.
The ministry plans to expand programs to provide Korean males with information for interracial marriages from November. The ministry will run the programs in cooperation with the Ministry of Justice and regional government offices. Those who seek to marry foreigners can get information on related laws and other preparatory documentation.
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quoted from “tales from women marriage migrants” http://www.rickross.com/reference/unif/unif331.html
“…studies suggest that some reasons of women in marriage migration are due to economic rise from poverty; passageway to secure work; ROMANTIC LOVE; curiosity/desire to live in foreign countries; escape from family problems; and, catching up with their age.”
query:
do you have any idea as to how many percent do these women marry because of ROMANTIC LOVE?
what is ROMANTIC LOVE in this context by the way? to what extent do we consider the relationship an outcome of ROMANTIC LOVE?
i just wonder…
i mean “tales of women marriage migrants”
“”do you have any idea as to how many percent do these women marry because of ROMANTIC LOVE?”"
— Nobody likes statistics here. Trust me
“”what is ROMANTIC LOVE in this context by the way? to what extent do we consider the relationship an outcome of ROMANTIC LOVE?”"
—This is debatable. One way (there are other ways) probably is to assess the background of the pinay bride and the korean groom at a time prior to their union. Factors like personal wealth, level and standard of educational attainment, social, peer and family pressure, RELIGION, professional career, physical attractiveness (looks) etc have in one way or another affected their decision.
As ive said in my previous posts, cases where “love” as the reason for the marriage is rare. Although, love (that developed) after the marriage is common but thats a different story. Besides thats also common even in a filipino-filipina marriage.
Maybe, if the filipina for example is a successful young professional ( doctor, celebrity, lawyer, CPA, banker, university professor, businesswoman, scientist, engineer, architect, allied medical professional, executive etc. etc. etc.) way back in the Philippines and still decided to marry an outsider (as long as the age difference is not so huge and obvious) then i can say chances are its because of (romantic)love. The reason why i pointed out those jobs is because any woman holding a profession like those mentioned above ( or close to) will most likely have a bright future ahead of them, financially stable etc. hence will feel very secure in everything. Im sure they will choose to marry their own. Or maybe im wrong.
Its a case to case basis though.
Any korean guy who will state the same as above (posted by someone) as his reason why he chose a pinay instead of his own is a…….and for pinays who literally (in their heart) believe in that…wake up.
I’m getting married to a korean too..I guess relationship between spouses of different nationalities depends on individual’s up bringing and life style..In my case Im sure to have a good relationship even to my in laws to be, I guess love is one of the most important thing for relatioship to understand each culture and adaptation diba?anyway good luck to me and I hope u guys who are married to a Korean natonal is enjoying life..
Hi naku! Oh my God! Oh no! i’m also getting married to a korean soon….i ask God the signs if matutuloy…pag hindi ok…pg tuloy bahala na…..Please pay for me…P.S bakit may nagkakasal na ordinaryong tao, not a priest or a pastor eiter bakit sila authoriza magkasal????????legal ba e2????please help & give me a sort of advice…Thank you!
Hi edzzz! Actually, hindi kailangan ng pastor o priest para magpakasal sa Korea. Kailangan ninyo lang pumirma sa papel at magpa-rehistro at kayo’y kasal na. Meron naman na kinakasal kumpleto with reception pero hindi pinaparehistro ang kasal so hindi sila legal na kasal.
This may sound stupid, but just want to ask the experts here since I’m not so familiar with the Laws, is there any chances that you can legally marry a Korean here in Korea kahit na married ka sa Pinas but separated for long time already?
hello po to everyone…gusto ko po mag asawa ng koreano din kaso dko alam kung saan mkkakita…sana po matulungan nyo ako,,,d2 po ako s pinas now
bakit mo naman gusto mag-asawa ng koreano? kung mag-aasawa ka, pipili ka ng taong gusto mong makasama ng habang buhay hindi dahil sa lahi niya o sa estado niya sa buhay
@ires: you make it sound so easy. and pagpapakasal ay hindi laro. you make it sound like it’s a game… hindi sya tulad ng pagpili ng sapatos na pag gusto mo ng heels, bibili ka ng heels…
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