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| Actress Tang Wei and movie director Kim Tae-yong /Courtesy of Sina Weibo |
Single men and women in Korea are open to a relationship with foreigners, a survey shows.
DUO, a marriage agency, surveyed 425 single men and women in their 20s to 30s from Aug. 13 to 19.
An average 87.3 percent (88.9 percent of men and 85.8 percent of women) answered "yes" when asked if they are willing to have a relationship with foreigners.
More than 30 percent of men said they prefer foreigners to Korean women because they can express their feelings directly to partners, while 37.2 percent of women said they prefer foreigners because they are different in appearance and have a nice build.
But more than half of respondents said difficult communication because of language was the biggest obstacle to a relationship with a foreigner, while 14.8 percent picked frequent disputes because of cultural differences.
More than 40 percent said the relationship with other family members would be the most difficult part if they married foreigners.
