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Click here for more articles by Kormedi.com. Cases continue to emerge in Korea of weddings being canceled because of unfavorable fortune readings or compatibility predictions. One woman recently shared online that her engagement was abruptly broken off after her would-be mother-in-law consulted a fortune teller. The couple had already held formal family introduction meetings and nearly finished preparing wedding gifts and household items. But according to the woman, her intended’s mother later declared that “their fortunes showed they could neither live together nor marry,” and unilaterally canceled the wedding. The story reignited debate over the influence of traditional fortune telling, called “saju” in Korean, and marital compatibility beliefs in modern society. According to a 2026 survey by Gallup Korea of 1,507 adults nationwide, 39 percent of respondents said that if a child or relative had extremely poor saju reading for marital compatibility with their partner, “it would be better not to marry.” Meanwhile, 59 percent said “marrying anyway is fine.” Opposition to