North Korean Demobilized Soldiers and Youth Choose Common-Law Cohabitation Instead of Formal Marriage… Why?

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Recently in North Korea, there has been an increase in cases, particularly among demobilized soldiers and young people, where individuals live in de facto marriages without registering their marriages. It is reported that they are trying to maintain de facto relationships as much as possible because forming a formal household through marriage requires residence registration, which involves significant time and money for preparing the necessary d…