PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) -- Cambodia has temporarily barred its citizens from marrying South Korean men after two dozen women were sold into marriage by matchmakers -- the second time the government has imposed such a ban.
Koy Kuong, a Cambodian Foreign Ministry spokesman, said the ban, which was imposed earlier this month, would remain in place while the government works to ensure that South Korean men hoping to marry Cambodian women are able to first prove that they are single and don't have a prison record.
''We want to make sure that their marriages are real marriages, not fake, and not involved with human trafficking,'' Koy Kuong said.
South Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman Kim Young-sun referred the question to the Ministry of Gender Equality, but phones there rang unanswered on Friday night.
In 2008, Cambodia temporarily banned marriages to foreigners after the International Organization for Migration released a report that indicated that marriage brokers were making profitable business from supplying poor Cambodian brides to South Korean men.
The South Korean news agency Yonhap reported Friday that nearly 60 percent of marriages to foreigners in Cambodia involve Korean nationals, and most of them are arranged through brokers.
The latest ban comes after the March 3 conviction of a Cambodian matchmaker who arranged marriages between Korean men and 25 Cambodian brides.
Koy Kuong said he did not know how long the ban, which applies only to South Koreans, would last.
Cambodia has banned the marriage brokerage business since 2008. Despite the ban, the number of Cambodian women marrying Korean men more than doubled from 551 in 2008 to 1,372 last year, Yonhap said.
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Associated Press writer Kwang-tae Kim contributed to this report from Seoul, South Korea.
Koy Kuong, a Cambodian Foreign Ministry spokesman, said the ban, which was imposed earlier this month, would remain in place while the government works to ensure that South Korean men hoping to marry Cambodian women are able to first prove that they are single and don't have a prison record.
''We want to make sure that their marriages are real marriages, not fake, and not involved with human trafficking,'' Koy Kuong said.
South Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman Kim Young-sun referred the question to the Ministry of Gender Equality, but phones there rang unanswered on Friday night.
In 2008, Cambodia temporarily banned marriages to foreigners after the International Organization for Migration released a report that indicated that marriage brokers were making profitable business from supplying poor Cambodian brides to South Korean men.
The South Korean news agency Yonhap reported Friday that nearly 60 percent of marriages to foreigners in Cambodia involve Korean nationals, and most of them are arranged through brokers.
The latest ban comes after the March 3 conviction of a Cambodian matchmaker who arranged marriages between Korean men and 25 Cambodian brides.
Koy Kuong said he did not know how long the ban, which applies only to South Koreans, would last.
Cambodia has banned the marriage brokerage business since 2008. Despite the ban, the number of Cambodian women marrying Korean men more than doubled from 551 in 2008 to 1,372 last year, Yonhap said.
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Associated Press writer Kwang-tae Kim contributed to this report from Seoul, South Korea.
12 comments:
OMG! this is to all Cambodian women! Are you that desperate? Why Korean men? ARe they filthy rich? Common sense ladies!! If they're rich, they'd never ever marry especially a third world country women. Get it, wake up and smell the coffee! Btw, Korean men are not that good looking compare to European men. Be careful, if you're that desperated, wait and price charming will soon appear right before you know it. I know Cambodian men are not attractive, or romantic, but at least, they treat you with respect (some of them). I thought, this article is way toooooo funny! LOL! P.S. Cambodian women! If you are young sexy and attractive, any men ( all nationalities) will beg for your love! So play hard to get!
SHUT UP 10:25pm1 AND GO TO BACK TOO SCHOOL OR YOUR MOTHER WORM!
I have three(3) words to sum up this tragedy:
powerty, naivete, education(or lack of).
oops! typo error: poverty
My apology
Y'all check them out here in LBC used to be one of ours own back in the '80s-'90s. Most of us here loved this song "Tov Yok Pdey Barang" we're gonna roll tonight baby and bunch of drunk crews want sing.
10:32 pm
Are you one of those unattractive people? Don't tell me to shut up, ok? May be you need to check yourself more often in the mirror. I don't understand why you find my comment offended! Seriously!
(typo error) wait and your prince charming will soon arrive)
10:32 pm,
Be a nice guy! 10:25 PM's comment has a lot of truth in it and you know that!
10:25,
Yeah, go ahead and play hard to get! While their siblings wait for food to eat back home. It's easy to analyze from your stand point. Just try to walk in their shoes.
If you step aside, there is always another one next in line.
So, what do you do now?
These Korean men are just poor farmers who need an extra help. No Korean women over want to marry a farmer. So they have to look outside the country for wives. The brokers handling these marriages distort the truth about a better life in Korea.
5:24 am
If these women have siblings are waiting to be fed, What on earth they married Korean men? I just don't get it! When I said, "play hard to get", I meant, don't you want to find out about their financial status! Before settle for cheap stuff! If this case, if they have tremendous responsibilities! These women need to be smart!
All Korean men look at Cambodian like shit. Don't trust them, they are cheaters.
You know what, Cambodian women might be naivete or lack of education ! as you like to say, but you should open your eyes to see other worlds as well ?
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