Publication

Divorce Korean-Style

Hacker, Randi
Citations
Altmetric:
Abstract
Broadcast Transcript: Until recently breaking up was NOT hard to do here in Korea making it a country with one of the highest divorce rates in Asia. The system allowed couples who filed papers at the local government office and paid the equivalent of a couple of bucks to obtain a divorce in under an hour. But the era of the sixty minute split up is over. No longer can couples who have had a rough weekend file on Monday morning and be quit of each other by Monday afternoon. Oh no. Now couples've got to wait at least a month or, if they have kids, three months before a judge will declare their marriage endsville. Already the number of divorce petitions and the number of actual divorces has decreased. So it seems that the deliberation-before-liberation policy is working. #ceas #hacker #SouthKorea
Description
This is one of hundreds of 60-second radio spots created by the Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) for Kansas Public Radio (KPR). The purpose of this outreach program is to introduce the people of Kansas to the culture and current issues of East Asia.
Date
2009-06-03
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas
Research Projects
Organizational Units
Journal Issue
Keywords
South Korea, Divorce
Citation
DOI
Embedded videos