Marital dissolution of transnational couples in South Korea

Migration and marriage in Asian contexts

“…For example, based on statistical models including measures of female marriage migrants' life satisfaction and its potential determinants in Taiwan (Li and Yang 2019), we gain a more accurate understanding about how the experiences of marriage migration have shaped individuals' subjective well-being, and what the most relevant and significant determinants of marriage migrants' integration process in the receiving societies are. Relying on representative and longitudinal marriage and divorce registration data in Korea (Choi, Kim, and Ryu 2019) and Hong Kong (Chen and Yip 2019), the authors disentangle the mechanisms of how and why marriage migrants are subject to martial instabilities, and when divorce happens, how they make decisions about remarriage in the receiving societies.…”

“…This collection also expands on the existing literature on migration and marriage by examining the various phases related to family formation, including to marital dissolution (Choi, Kim, and Ryu 2019;Quah 2019) and reformation (Chen and Yip 2019) as Mazzucato and Schans (2011) suggest family scholarship on transnational families should explore. This helps deepen our understanding of the dynamic relationships between migration experiences and family formation trajectories.…”

“…This trend has caused concerns over the quality of marriage, how multi-ethnic children fare, and citizenship status of marriage immigrants. Choi, Kim, and Ryu (2019), drawing on marriage and divorce registration data, examine the risk of transnational divorce in Korea, and the socio-demographic factors influencing the risk. This study provides the most complete description of transnational marital dissolution to date.…”

“…As characterised by Vertovec (2007), this can be described as a situation of 'super-diversity.' For example, Singapore has a very high proportion of cross-national marriages with about 40% of all marriages per year involving a foreigner (Yeung and Hu 2018), and the foreign spouses often face substantial cultural and policy challenges (Huang, Yeoh, and Lam 2008;Quah 2019;Yeoh et al 2013); in China, the residential registration system (Hukou system) greatly constrains internal migrants' family formation behaviours (Fan 2008;Yeung 2018, 2019); Mainland China's unique administrative relationship and economic interactions with Hong Kong has added complications to the marriage markets in both regions (Chen and Yip 2019;Chiu and Choi 2019); in India, cultural norms of marriage in different regions and for different castes largely shape one's marital choices and behaviours expected after marriage (Bloch, Rao, and Desai 2004; Chatterjee and Desai 2019); in Indonesia, its diverse ethnic background has made patterns of assortative mating particularly complex across migration status and ethnicity (Utomo and McDonald 2016;Utomo 2019); in Korea and Taiwan, the diverse countries of origin of foreign brides create potential sources of tension and challenges for integration in an originally homogeneous society (Chang 2019;Choi, Kim, and Ryu 2019;Li and Yang 2019).…”

“…Exceptions include articles in Kim (2008Kim ( , 2012. This special collection includes articles based on quantitative (Chatterjee and Desai 2019;Chen and Yip 2019;Choi, Kim, and Ryu 2019;Qian and Qian 2019;Li and Yang 2019), qualitative (Chiu and Choi 2019;Quah 2019), and mixed-method analysis (Chang 2019;Mu and Yeung 2019;Utomo 2019). The papers systematically examine how the experience of migration has influenced individuals' family formation behaviours and related outcomes in assimilation and well-being, under diverse policy and cultural contexts across Asia.…”