I will focus on laws, rules, regulations, and policies, concerning with international marriage business, because your question is about them.  The head title looks odd like a medieval barbarian culture in the beginning of Korean slaveries to Hawaii hundred years ago.  

          Back to the subject, I see the latest amendment of Civil Laws is dating back to May 2008 about "Basic Laws to Korea-based Foreigners"(재한 외국인 처우 기본법).  That concerns all of us when the current MB administration set up their direction to multi- hybrid- country with many-cultured families.

          The actually "Rules for multi-cultural family support"(다문화가족 지원법) had been created prior to that on March 21, 2008, and then applied to real case by case from September 22 in the same year.

          Since the interest of the question is in International Marriage Brokerage, the updated "Regulations about Management of Marriage Brokerage"(결혼중개업의 관리에 관한 법률) was modified on April 15 last year from a simple reporting system to a registering one with fees.  That only defines merely about how to get refunds  after cancellation of membership, et cetera.  There's no licenceship engaged with dating brokerage like real estate agencies, it is rare to find any case suing a company. 

          We've got many crime programs on TV, but no real simulated Judge Judy or small amount courts, no lawyers, tatoo artists.  I think that really matters when an international spouse relationship or a partnership are related to our daily life.  Media, pressure groups, and research centers such as http://www.iom-mrtc.org/ are looking for demands to change current LAWS regarding to the above issues. 

          What else do we need?

     Back in the mid 1990's the Duo, the first professional organization firm for match-making service in Seoul, candidly played with hearts of many youngsters as well as oldies by their sensational marriage brokerage.  At the time they raised their funds with a life-time membership fee for over 500 bucks from each male and female individually.   They promised they will introduce matching service until their customers agree to get married to each other among members.  

     Advertisements were wallpapered on every monthly women's magazine mostly for agassis and azumas equally likely such as Women's ChungAng, Jubu SaengHwual, Women's Chosun, Queen, and many others.  I think many Korean gals rarely read newspapers online or off, but they always pursue updated hip images from their favorite magazines; just like in 1960's in America when women declared freedom from corset and from kitchen and hippies were on street leading their nomadic life; in France it was called the Liberation of the year of 1968.

     The Korean government totally supported the augmenting marriage population for collecting more tax.  The scale of marriage related sub-economy was huge; traveling agencies, airliners, wedding centers, wedding-gown industries, catering services, entertainment businesses, advertisements; probably all of the third type service industries after the first agricultural and the secondary production industries.  

     Later, many other similar marriage brokerage businesses came out; such as SeonWoo, Weddian, Daks Club, etc.  All of the listed agencies are based in Korea for local people.  That was the way how most of Korean hotel lobby lounges or coffee shops were filled with new possible honey mooners on every weekend mornings.  

     I was one of the first generation members that were listed and then categorized by educational, financial, social, and professional ranks.  I don't know if they will still provide me a full list of PICTURE GROOMS, if I reclaimed my membership id.  That was an investment for me to get rid of my single status at the time, which I still am technically in here Korea.  I may need to tell them to get my money back, for now I firmly believe that marriage shall work in romance, not by intention.  

     Can a romance be sold and set up by a brokerage?  I doubt but many believe all is designed.  That would be great if someone could create it for others in a proper way under the name of Jesus Christ!  I don't agree with a concept of Korean marriage conducted at a commercial center producing a new married couple in every thirty minutes during the weekend with no Bible involved.  Yes, that is pretty much about it: a human not an animal relationship.

wow.  these comments are all absolutely hilarious, except for the one from HQ bar.  i love when someone asks a question about something and then it is twisted into how wonderful someone's life is and how people are lying to themselves.   ahhh, love, bacon, and brokerage-what a combo

Since no post is updated directly addressing the case of the lil tatti hwangok's, some immigrant agencies sued her marriage broker firm probably for their own sake as well as of the victim's shameful families and friends.  Never mail to sell any teens overseas to earn their lives on their behalf!!  Korea is a paradise to create benefit of one's labor not to ask for a free ride.  

Updated information regarding lawful actions for amendment demands are risking privacy of marriage broker company members.  Who the hell is going to think that they will submit their HIV positive to a marriage broker, if they meet a new one who may already have one?  Isn't that enough Korean parents and the DOE ask similar tests to English instructors?  What the heck, if it is what women ask it will be done otherwise do not marry foreigners.

One thing sure is that you can never assume anyone's mental health by any PE record.  When I met a Ph D engineering guy in NYC ten years ago via DUO-Seoul, he seemed OK during the day then turned off to be a vamp without any influence at all on his white lexus wheels.  OMG, such a great mom's man, the first son of the biggest taxi company man in seoul, SNU grad, everything super duper, living in Queens with too many hisp gals surrounding.  That wasn't just my type.  I met him several times in a coffee lounge at intercontinental coex, never figured out what would be the next until I return home to meet him again.  Marriage without love?  That's out of question.  All those great background and good looking with money, power, and intelligence?  The mindset that a wife can be bought and possessed like any other property, is the blood sucker.

Thank G I am a single here!  

not everyone marries for love. you said you did not.  that is not surprising.  however, you are not civil.  people divorce their spouses because they are unhappy.  everyone who knows anyone who has been divorced knows that fact.  why you think it would be anything else, who knows.  you guys are the one defending your beliefs about korea.  why you take every opportunity to point out how different you are from everyone else and usually implying you are better, no one knows, but it sure is boring.   basically, the korean government has one set of statistics and another are reported to the oecd.  kimchi prevents sars and cancer.  imagine that.  civil?  what a joke.  you called helen an old hag.  definitely civil material,there