Young South Koreans Offered Hundreds of Dollars To Start Dating [Video]

A South Korean city district is aiming to tackle the declining birth rate in the country by paying its citizens to start a relationship and have children, the Korean Times reported.

The Saha-gu district office in Busan is planning a matchmaking event in October, and offering 1 million won ($750) to people who start dating as a result, according to the Korean Times.

“This project is designed to overcome the demographic crisis amid South Korea’s low birth rate by forming a multicultural local community in the future,” said district head Lee Gap-jun, according to Asian-American news site NextShark.

The district will hold the blind-date event for “single Korean and foreign men and women” between the ages of 23 and 43 who live or work in the area, the Korean Times reported. If a couple lasts and starts preparing for a wedding, including meeting each other’s families, each of them receives an additional $1,490.

Once the couple gets married, the district council will give …