Changing Attitudes: Young Koreans Shifting Away from Traditional Marriage
A survey of 2,000 adults in serious relationships, engaged, or married reveals that 68% of couples feel it is important to customize their wedding to be unique to them rather than follow tradition. This includes hosting the ceremony in a place with personal significance, choosing different songs to walk down the aisle, leaving dress code norms behind, and opting for unconventional themes. One in five millennials even want to incorporate surprise performances. Outdated traditions like not seeing each other before the ceremony and wearing a white dress are considered passé, while couples are increasingly paying for their own weddings. The survey also highlights mishaps on wedding days, with family drama, missing guests, and inclement weather being common surprises.