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The number of marriages in South Korea rose in 2023 for the first time in more than ten years.
2023年，韓國結婚人數十多年來首次出現增長。
The increase came after the pandemic which forced some couples to delay marriage plans.
這一增長是在疫情迫使一些夫婦推遲結婚計劃之后出現的。
But the data did not point to a continued increase in the aging country.
但數據并未表明這個老齡化國家的人口會繼續增加。
The small rise in marriages last year comes as its fertility rate continued to decrease.
去年結婚率小幅上升的同時，韓國的生育率繼續下降。
South Korea's fertility rate, or the average number of children born per woman, is already the world's lowest.
韓國的生育率，即每名婦女平均生育的孩子數量，已經是世界上最低的。
It is falling because women are concerned about their careers, the cost of raising children, or are deciding not to have babies.
生育率下降的原因是女性擔心自己的事業、養育孩子的成本，或者決定不生孩子。
Government data showed a total of 193,657 couples got married last year.
韓國政府數據顯示，去年共有193657對新人結婚。
That is up 1.0 percent from 191,690 a year earlier.
這比去年同期的191690對增加了1.0%。
It is the first increase since 2011.
這是自2011年以來的首次增長。
That compares with a 0.4 percent drop in 2022.
相比之下，2022年的降幅為0.4%。
That was when South Korea started to ease restrictions on social gatherings put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic.
從那時起，韓國開始放松在新冠疫情期間對社交聚會實施的限制措施。
The restrictions saw the number of marriages decrease 9.8 percent in 2021 and 10.7 percent in 2020.
這些限制措施導致2021年和2020年的結婚率分別下降了9.8%和10.7%。
The 2023 number of marriages, however, remains well below the 239,159 marriages seen in 2019.
然而，2023年的結婚數量仍然遠低于2019年的239159對。
And that compares to a yearly number of more than 320,000 recorded 10 years earlier.
相比之下，10年前記錄的年結婚人數超過32萬對。
A government official said that couples delaying marriage was a reason for more marriages in the second half of 2022 and the first half of 2023.
一位政府官員表示，2022年下半年和2023年上半年結婚人數增加的原因之一是情侶推遲結婚。
"In the second half of 2023, however, marriages fell year-on-year, indicating that people who had been delaying marriage due to COVID-19 have now mostly got married," the official told reporters.
這位官員告訴記者：“然而，在2023年下半年，結婚率同比下降，這表明那些因新冠疫情而推遲結婚的人現在大多已經結婚了?！?/p>
The 2023 increase was also well below the increases seen in nearby China.
2023年韓國結婚率的漲幅也遠低于鄰國中國的漲幅。
Marriages in China rose 12.4 percent last year.
去年，中國的結婚率上升了12.4%。
That happened as more couples got married after delays caused by the pandemic.
這是因為越來越多的情侶因疫情延遲結婚。
Most South Koreans say high housing costs are the biggest reason for getting married.
大多數韓國人表示，高房價是他們不結婚的最大原因。
Many also see marriage as the first step before having a baby in the Asian country.
在這個亞洲國家，許多人還將結婚視為生孩子前的第一步。
The Yonhap news agency reported a recent study of 500 South Koreans aged between 19 and 23.
韓聯社報道了最近對年齡在19歲到23歲之間的500名韓國人進行的一項研究。
It showed that 50.4 percent of those asked did not plan on getting married or having children.
調查顯示，50.4%的受訪者不打算結婚或生孩子。
The government says it will take "extraordinary measure" to deal the low birth rate.
韓國政府表示其將會采取“非常措施”來解決低出生率問題。
Political parties are promising public housing and easier loans for young South Koreans ahead of the April legislative election.
在4月份的立法選舉之前，各政黨承諾為韓國年輕人提供公共住房并使他們更容易貸款。
Marriages with a foreign national greatly increased for a second year, increasing 18.3 percent to 19,717.
與外國人結婚的人數連續第二年大幅增加，增加了18.3%，達到19717人。
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