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South Korea: X-Mas Mass-Scale Speed-Dating

Posted 27 December 2012 6:44 GMT

Written byLee Yoo Eun

Countries	South Korea
Topics	Arts & Culture, Women & Gender
Languages	Korean, English

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The first-ever mass speed-dating on the Christmas Eve in South Korea turns out to be a complete failure where 90% of participants were male. Reportedly over 20,000 people signed up and even the police was dispatched for possible sexual aggressions. One net user pointed [ko] the fact that it was basically the man's choice as the main reason for failure.

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