Editing Divorce (section)

==== South Korea ====
The crude divorce rate in South Korea in 2020 was 2.1.<ref>{{Cite web |title=South Korea: divorce rate 2018 |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/642501/south-korea-divorce-rate/ |access-date=2022-04-05 |website=Statista |language=en |archive-date=5 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220405181658/https://www.statista.com/statistics/642501/south-korea-divorce-rate/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Compared to prior years, the number of divorces recorded depicts that there are less filed divorces each year. Both the number of marriages and divorces decreased from 2019 by 10.7% and 3.9% respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |title=South Korea: number of divorces 2020 |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/641517/south-korea-divorce-number/ |access-date=2022-04-05 |website=Statista |language=en |archive-date=20 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220094841/https://www.statista.com/statistics/641517/south-korea-divorce-number/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The highest proportion of divorces in 2020 was amongst those who have been married for 20 years or more followed by those who have been married for four years or less.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Statistics Korea |url=http://kostat.go.kr/portal/eng/pressReleases/8/11/index.board?bmode=read&bSeq=&aSeq=389170&pageNo=1&rowNum=10&navCount=10&currPg=&searchInfo=&sTarget=title&sTxt= |access-date=2022-04-05 |website=kostat.go.kr |archive-date=1 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601095434/http://kostat.go.kr/portal/eng/pressReleases/8/11/index.board?bmode=read&bSeq=&aSeq=389170&pageNo=1&rowNum=10&navCount=10&currPg=&searchInfo=&sTarget=title&sTxt= |url-status=live }}</ref> Such findings may suggest that divorce has become more socially accepted in South Korea and the stigma behind separating has lessened.