South Korean groom Lee Kwon-seok was excited to join thousands of other couples ...
GAPYEONG, South Korea - South Korean groom Lee Kwon-seok was excited to join thousands of other couples in the latest mass wedding performed by South Korea’s Unification Church on Friday, but he and his bride weren’t taking any chances amid the coronavirus outbreak.
They brought their own surgical masks to wear - his black to match his suit, and hers white to match her dress. About 30,000 people from around the world gathered at the Cheong Shim Peace World Center in Gapyeong, northeast of Seoul, according to the church. Among them were 6,000 new couples getting married, while the others were renewing vows or watching.
“I didn’t put on a mask because I want to be beautiful for my husband,” said a 23-year-old bride from Benin, Nguessan Myeonguet Walehet. “I want just meet the True Mother, because it’s most important for me.”
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