Social Media Digest
1 year, 1 month ago

Social Media Digest

China Daily  

Me, myself, married Sologamy is a trend among South Korean youth, allowing them to recoup gift money spent at others' weddings. Recently, a captivating trend has emerged among young people in South Korea, one that transcends conventional matrimonial norms — the phenomenon of "sologamy" or "autogamy". In South Korea, the deeply ingrained tradition of gift money has contributed to the rise of sologamy. However, as the country's marriage rate hits a new low and inflation intensifies, sologamy weddings are typically seen as a way for single people to recoup the money they previously spent at the weddings of acquaintances, South Korean TV personality, and YouTuber Lee Eun-jae told The Korea Herald.

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