Coronavirus fears took a back seat to marital bliss in South Korea on Friday as nearly 6,000 couples from 64 countries -- some wearing face masks -- tied the knot in a mass Unification Church wedding. “It would be a lie if I said I was not concerned at all about the infection,” Choi Ji-Young, 21, told Agence France-Presse (AFP). Festivals, graduation ceremonies and concerts have been canceled in South Korea amid fears that large events could lead to virus transmission, and authorities have asked religious groups to cooperate in preventing its spread. Kim Chang-seong, 27, who was marrying a woman he met only 20 days ago, said he was not worried about infection because the mass wedding had “special meaning” for him. Mass weddings have long been signature events of the church, whose followers have been dubbed “Moonies” after its founder, who died in 2012.

Source: Fox News February 08, 2020 23:03 UTC