There is controversy over the standard of'newlywed couple' announced by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced the results of the 2019 housing survey. The Housing Survey is a collection of basic data related to the people's housing environment, housing movement, and household characteristics. It has been conducted every other year since 2006 and has been conducted every year since 2017.

However, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced on the website's press release that "the newly married couple" refers to a household whose female spouse is 49 years or younger and younger than 7 years of marriage.
The netizens said, "Why are women only limited in age?", "It seems only to be a women's discrimination system. Please ask for a quick explanation." "Isn't it newly married when you marry a man who will live?"

Therefore, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said that the scope of the newlyweds' households has been investigated by this standard by the Korea Institute of Land, which is the institution conducting the survey on residential conditions. As the misunderstanding that it is discriminated against can be saved, we plan to abolish the age limit standards in the future housing survey."

In addition, he said, "The government does not limit the age of female spouses at all in terms of eligibility for public rental housing for newlyweds, subscription standards, and targets for financial support."
In 2016, the Ministry of Public Administration and Security made a'Korean birth guidance' based on the number of women of childbearing age, and was welcomed. It has been pointed out that four years have passed since then, but the sexual sensibility of the government has not improved.

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(Photo = Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport homepage)