Newlywed debt grows heavier, with 1 in 4 borrowers owing W300m: data

Nearly one in four newlywed couples with loans in South Korea owed at least 300 million won ($220,000) in 2024, more than four times the share eight years earlier, government data showed. The figure rose from 5.3 percent in 2016 to 24 percent in 2024, according to the Ministry of Data and Statistics