We attended South Korea's government-funded dating event | BBC News — Transcript
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- 0:00Are you still
- 0:01meeting your dates
- 0:02over coffee and
- 0:02drinks? Because in
- 0:04South Korea the
- 0:04latest dating trend
- 0:05takes place
- 0:06somewhere very
- 0:07different. A
- 0:08Buddhist temple.
- 0:10동화사
- 0:14[음악]
- 0:26[음악]
- 0:27>> 어 저는 좀 밝고 긍정적이심
- 0:29좋습니다. 아
- 0:30>> 전략이요? 귀여움으로 하겠습니다.
- 0:34>> 귀여움을 어필. 예. [웃음]
- 0:35귀엽다.이
- 0:39[음악]
- 1:02이 저출산이라는게 국란이잖아요.
- 1:05그래서이 문제에 가만히 있을 수가
- 1:06없어서 저희가 가진 자원들을 활용해서
- 1:09자연스럽게 만들자 해서 이렇게 진행이
- 1:11된 겁니다.
- 1:13[음악]
- 1:26got
- 1:27dairy compy
- 1:29blind dates nowhere
- 1:31was time
- 1:35i thinkab
- 1:37you
- 1:39to care somebody
- 1:41here some cookies
- 1:44and wish to
- 1:47Do you have someone?
- 1:50I'm not sure
- 1:51actually, but I need
- 1:52to spend more time
- 1:53to find my love.
- 1:59Now we're in the
- 2:00main event of the
- 2:00day, the 10 minut
- 2:01speed round. So,
- 2:02they're going to
- 2:03have 10 minutes to
- 2:04find out if they
- 2:04like each other or
- 2:05not. And just before
- 2:06this was a talent
- 2:07show. I saw people
- 2:08singing, dancing,
- 2:09playing instrument.
- 2:10One woman said that
- 2:11she learned how to
- 2:12play flute in just
- 2:13days just for this
- 2:14event.
- 2:31이쪽 본인은 전략이 어떻게 되시는?
- 2:33>> 저요? 저는 진중함.
- 2:41저는 아기를 되게 빨리 낳고 싶어서
- 2:44사실 20대 한 주 중반 후반쯤에
- 2:47결혼하고 싶다이 생각했는데 연애를
- 2:49계속 못했다고 보니까
- 2:50>> [웃음]
- 2:51>> 이제 나만
- 2:54믿어요. [노래]
- 3:08>> 혹시 지방이 이게 더 좀 더 어렵다고
- 3:11생각하세요?
- 3:12>> 네. 그때 당시에는 워낙 즐길거리도
- 3:15많고이다 보니까 밖에도 잘 다녔고
- 3:17일단 친구들도 좀 있어서 괜찮은데
- 3:19일단 지금이 지방은 연고지도 아닌
- 3:22지역에다가 회사의 연령때 분들이 다
- 3:24높으시다 보니까
- 3:26쉽지 않은 거
- 3:28>> [음악]
- 3:33[음악]
- 3:37>> in of the workal
- 3:41government offices
- 3:42factories ne are
- 3:44hubs people and
- 3:46those who chose to
- 3:47take these jobs are
- 3:48having trouble
- 3:49finding love
- 3:51that's why this year
- 3:53are holding dating
- 3:54provinces
- 3:56예쁜 거 좋습니다. 바로 출발선씨
- 4:13>> 잘 되어가는 거 같으세요?
- 4:14>> 잘 되어가려고요?
- 4:16[웃음]
- 4:18지금 말 못 해요.
- 4:20>> 출발.
- 4:23dating is a cruel
- 4:24game aside and insle
- 4:29who had a strong was
- 4:31not picked for the
- 4:32date.
- 4:35But the day is not
- 4:36over and early to
- 4:38give up. I feel a
- 4:39little bit sad you
- 4:40know because I bring
- 4:41some things [음악] to
- 4:43catch other people's
- 4:44mind but but the
- 4:45results are quite
- 4:46bad. You're not
- 4:46letting your spirit
- 4:47down. You're you're
- 4:48still try. Yeah.
- 4:51Okay.
- 4:55And we came down
- 4:56here to see if
- 4:57there's a vibe shift
- 4:58when it comes to
- 4:59marriage or having
- 5:00children. You know,
- 5:01after South Korea
- 5:02hit rock bottom in
- 5:032023, [음악] the 0.72
- 5:06birth rate, it went
- 5:07up to 0.8 and this
- 5:09year it's projected
- 5:09to be 0.9. So the
- 5:11numbers going back
- 5:12up.
- 5:13A large part of that
- 5:14is couples who
- 5:15delayed weddings
- 5:16during the pandemic.
- 5:19>> [웃음]
- 5:29>> 저는 이전부터 막 출산율이나 뭐
- 5:31결혼률이 막 저조하다 이렇게
- 5:32말씀하셨는데 전혀 그런 거에 대해서
- 5:34체감을 못 했고 오히려 지금 앞으로
- 5:36결혼할 친구들 추기금 생각하니까 어
- 5:39좀 후덜덜합니다.
- 5:51>> [음악]
- 5:58>> Minescindes.
- 6:00[음악]
- 6:22빨리
- 6:29the matchedou disear
- 6:31into the
- 6:33lenses
- 6:40of dating events
- 6:41sponsored by locals
- 6:43across the country
- 6:45the nearby deu city
- 6:46hasaned [음악] wooding
- 6:48dates rivers dances
- 6:50to the falling birds
- 6:54interperson
- 6:58meeting speed dating
- 6:59events in all shapes
- 7:01and sizes have been
- 7:02popping up inent
- 7:03years so does it
- 7:05actually work well
- 7:06eight coup found
- 7:07their match so the
- 7:08organer tells me
- 7:09this was a very
- 7:10successful weekend
- 7:11usually expect about
- 7:1350% matate so that
- 7:16was very good
- 7:18to regular life 좋은
- 7:21사람을 을 만날 기회는 없다고
- 7:23생각합니다.
- 7:261박 2일 동안 계속 지켜보고이
- 7:28사람의 말투와 뭐 행동과 사는 사람을
- 7:31대하는게 다 24시간 보이기 때문에
- 7:34더 사람을 알아볼 수 있는 좋은
- 7:36기회였던 거 같습니다.
- 7:38>> 막 알콜 수합 갖고 다니면서 이렇게
- 7:40계속 닦고 다닌다고 하는 거예요.
- 7:42근데 저 그거 하루 마지막
- 7:44루틴이거든요. 그래서 결이 닮았다.
- 7:47다른 면에서도요. 좀 버벅되는 모습도
- 7:51좀 웠던 거 같아요.
- 7:56and hope to be
- 7:58married in years
- 7:59while others and
- 8:02havearching
- 8:04though
- 8:07many [음악] friends
- 8:08here if
- 8:12meet them [음악]
- 8:13out from templey
- 8:16to meet together
- 8:18>> 다 너무하시고 예쁘시고 막 너무
- 8:20좋아요
- 8:21어제도 수다고 새벽 3시인가
- 8:23잤거든요.
- 8:25남편을 못 찾아도 좋은 친구들
- 8:28만났잖아요.
- 8:32>> [음악]
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