2,119 Sign Up for Seongnam's "Solomon's Choice Season 2" ... Record-High Competition Rate

Solomon's Choice Season 2 in Seongnam City
200 Participants Recruited for 25th and 26th Cohorts
Record-High Application Rate of 10.6 to 1 in First Round
579 Couples Formed Through 24 Rounds of the Event

In Seongnam City, Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Shin Sang-jin), the newly launched singles matchmaking event "Solomon's Choice Season 2," which began with the ninth popularly elected administration, recorded the highest competition rate in its history during its first recruitment round.

Scene from the 24th Solomon's Choice event held on March 28. Provided by Seongnam City

Seongnam City announced on September 10 that a total of 2,119 applications were received for the 200 available spots (100 men and 100 women) for the 25th and 26th cohorts, resulting in an average competition rate of 10.6 to 1.

For the 25th cohort, 994 people applied for 100 spots, resulting in a 9.9 to 1 competition ratio, while for the 26th cohort, a record 1,125 people applied for 100 spots, resulting in an 11.3 to 1 ratio. Since the first "Solomon's Choice" event in July 2023, this marks the highest average competition rate recorded in participant recruitment for each cohort.

Relaunched as Season 2 under the city's ninth popularly elected administration, Solomon's Choice is organized with a program for each round tailored to encourage participants to interact naturally.

The 25th event will be held on September 20 from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Hello Audrey in Unjung-dong, Bundang-gu, under the theme "Autumn Night Busking." The 26th event will take place on October 3 from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Joshua Brewery in Yatap-dong, Bundang-gu, under the theme "Autumn Sentiment Day."

Events will be conducted in stages, starting with icebreaking activities, followed by small-group exchanges, one-on-one roundtable conversations, and couple games.

Solomon's Choice was established to provide singles the opportunity to meet and to encourage marriage. Up to March 2026, 1,160 pairs participated in 24 events, resulting in 579 couples (49.9%). Of these, 29 have reported getting married, and among them, seven children have either already been born or are expected.

Seongnam City will recruit an additional 300 participants (150 men and 150 women) for the 27th to 29th cohorts from September 21 to October 8.

A Seongnam City official said, "Since we received so many applications for cohorts 25 and 26, we will ensure the event is well-organized and provides a comfortable environment for participants to get to know each other. If you establish a relationship and get married or are about to marry through Solomon's Choice, please share your stories with Seongnam City."

Meanwhile, this event has been recognized as an exemplary case of low birthrate response policy by Seongnam City and was featured by international media outlets such as The New York Times and Bloomberg TV (United States), the BBC, The Guardian, and Reuters (United Kingdom), France2 (France), and Switzerland's Neue Zurcher Zeitung (NZZ).

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.