Korean Men Marrying Foreigners Get Paid

Article @ Korea Times

An interesting article here about how foreign couples in Korea can start attending a 20-hour seminar hosted by the government to help them deal with the difficulties they may face as a mixed-nationality couple in Korea. For attending the seminar the government is willing to subsidize the couple by paying them 1 million won.

In theory this makes sense - it's nice to see the government proactively trying to encourage diversity and make things easier for mixed-nationality couples. Try thinking about some of the difficulties that a Korean man and a Japanese woman who are married might face in Korea. What about a Korean woman and an African-American man? Why do you think these difficulties, roadblocks, or prejudices exist?

Here's the alarming part of the article: this subsidy is ONLY available to Korean men who marry foreign females. If you are a Korean woman who marries a foreign man - too bad, you're out of luck. What do we call a practice like this?