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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，韩国结婚人数十多年来首次出现增长。
The increase came after the pandemic which forced some couples to delay marriage plans.
这一增长是在疫情迫使一些夫妇推迟结婚计划之后出现的。
But the data did not point to a continued increase in the aging country.
但数据并未表明这个老龄化国家的人口会继续增加。
The small rise in marriages last year comes as its fertility rate continued to decrease.
去年结婚率小幅上升的同时，韩国的生育率继续下降。
South Korea's fertility rate, or the average number of children born per woman, is already the world's lowest.
韩国的生育率，即每名妇女平均生育的孩子数量，已经是世界上最低的。
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担心自己的事业、养育孩子的成本，或者决定不生孩子。
Government data showed a total of 193,657 couples got married last year.
韩国政府数据显示，去年共有193657对新人结婚。
That is up 1.0 percent from 191,690 a year earlier.
这比去年同期的191690对增加了1.0%。
It is the first increase since 2011.
这是自2011年以来的首次增长。
That compares with a 0.4 percent drop in 2022.
相比之下，2022年的降幅为0.4%。
That was when South Korea started to ease restrictions on social gatherings put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic.
从那时起，韩国开始放松在新冠疫情期间对社交聚会实施的限制措施。
The restrictions saw the number of marriages decrease 9.8 percent in 2021 and 10.7 percent in 2020.
这些限制措施导致2021年和2020年的结婚率分别下降了9.8%和10.7%。
The 2023 number of marriages, however, remains well below the 239,159 marriages seen in 2019.
然而，2023年的结婚数量仍然远低于2019年的239159对。
And that compares to a yearly number of more than 320,000 recorded 10 years earlier.
相比之下，10年前记录的年结婚人数超过32万对。
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.
一位政府官员表示，2022年下半年和2023年上半年结婚人数增加的原因之一是情侣推迟结婚。
"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.
这位官员告诉记者：“然而，在2023年下半年，结婚率同比下降，这表明那些因新冠疫情而推迟结婚的人现在大多已经结婚了。”
The 2023 increase was also well below the increases seen in nearby China.
2023年韩国结婚率的涨幅也远低于邻国中国的涨幅。
Marriages in China rose 12.4 percent last year.
去年，中国的结婚率上升了12.4%。
That happened as more couples got married after delays caused by the pandemic.
这是因为越来越多的情侣因疫情延迟结婚。
Most South Koreans say high housing costs are the biggest reason for getting married.
大多数韩国人表示，高房价是他们不结婚的最大原因。
Many also see marriage as the first step before having a baby in the Asian country.
在这个亚洲国家，许多人还将结婚视为生孩子前的第一步。
The Yonhap news agency reported a recent study of 500 South Koreans aged between 19 and 23.
韩联社报道了最近对年龄在19岁到23岁之间的500名韩国人进行的一项研究。
It showed that 50.4 percent of those asked did not plan on getting married or having children.
调查显示，50.4%的受访者不打算结婚或生孩子。
The government says it will take "extraordinary measure" to deal the low birth rate.
韩国政府表示其将会采取“非常措施”来解决低出生率问题。
Political parties are promising public housing and easier loans for young South Koreans ahead of the April legislative election.
在4月份的立法选举之前，各政党承诺为韩国年轻人提供公共住房并使他们更容易贷款。
Marriages with a foreign national greatly increased for a second year, increasing 18.3 percent to 19,717.
与外国人结婚的人数连续第二年大幅增加，增加了18.3%，达到19717人。
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