Boduerae’s article provides a fascinating analysis of cultural change in Korea in the early 1900s. The term “yeonae” became part of the developing Korea in the early 20th century. This new development disregarded the Confucian’s standards of romantic love between men and women, or yeonae and even the marriage system, yeonae eventually became a substantial part of relationships between people. The marriages in Korea before the 20th century were between familys that wanted to bring up their status in the society. High reputed family married off their son to a daughter from another high reputed family; no yeonae was involved in this marriage. After the reformation of Korea, the younger generation preferred to get married more for love than for
