"How to Marry a Doctor" Videos Flood YouTube... Even Lectures Emerge

Shopping for Luxury Goods, Visiting High-End Hotels... Flaunting Wealth
Public Reaction Is Negative: "It's Bizarre"

Recently, there has been a flood of video content on YouTube discussing "how to marry a doctor," sparking controversy. The situation has become so overheated that there are even lectures on how to find a doctor as a spouse.

However, there are criticisms that it is impossible to verify whether the people featured in such content are actually married to doctors, and that these videos promote materialism.

Video titled 'How to Meet a Doctor Spouse' posted on a YouTube channel. Yonhap News

According to Yonhap News on April 16, videos and posts related to "how to find a doctor spouse" have recently proliferated on YouTube and social networking services (SNS).

These videos are typically structured around a narrator who claims to be married to a doctor and boasts about their lifestyle. They may be shown shopping for luxury goods, visiting high-end hotels, or showing off a high-rise home with a view of the Han River. The average number of views reportedly ranges from 6 million to 7 million, indicating significant public interest.

As competition intensifies, lectures on how to find a doctor spouse have begun to appear. On one crowdfunding platform, a lecture titled "How I Married a Doctor" was posted, along with a notice that it would open at 11:00 a.m. on May 1.

The lecture covered topics such as why doctor husbands are popular on SNS, the significance of doctors in Korean society, why dating a doctor was easy, why parents of doctors are more selective about partners, how understanding the profession is key to marriage, and a complete analysis of a doctor's life cycle.

However, public reaction online has been skeptical. In online communities, sharp comments included, "It's bizarre," "If I were a doctor, I would hate it if my spouse sold such a lecture," and "Is there really demand for this kind of content?" One user also pointed out, "We can't even know if the people appearing in the lectures and videos are really married to doctors."

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