Twelve men and 12 women enter a Buddhist temple - will the monks help them find love?
Dating can be hard in South Korea. A group of monks hope a 30-hour rural retreat can help.
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"Low births are a national crisis. We had to do something about it."
— Yoo Cheol-ju , Activist
"There's really no chance to meet men."
— Kim Ah-kyung , Other
"His friends put him on blind dates about 10 times, but he found them all to be shallow interactions that never went anywhere."
— Kwon Seung-oh , Other
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Dating can be hard in South Korea. A group of monks hope a 30-hour rural retreat can help.
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