Dressed in a white wedding dress, Kang Dasom flashes a radiant smile at the camera.
“Wearing this has always been my dream,” Kang, 30, says in a photo studio in Seoul in South Korea, her voice bubbling over with enthusiasm.
But the “partner” she is gazing fondly at beside her is not her husband-to-be, but instead her six-year-old dog.
Kang is one of many young people today in South Korea who have chosen an unmarried lifestyle, believing that marriage is too much of a financial burden.
I think we’re in an age where the emphasis is on the happiness of the individual
She believes that taking photos with her pet dog Kkong Kkong, who is also glamorously attired for the occasion, will give her confidence as she walks down the aisle of life by herself.
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