Sentence examples for matchmaking agency from inspiring English sources

"They see hundreds of photos and meet no one," said Radboud Visser, the head of matchmaking agency Mens & Relatie ("People & Relationships") in the Dutch city of Venlo.

"This video not only disrespects the market that Tinder seeks to serve, but also reinforces the stereotype Asian men aren't attractive to women," Ariadna Peretz, founder of the Maitre D'ate matchmaking agency in Hong Kong, told South China Morning Post.

"Women are more likely to be difficult to serve to demand a refund, to complain online," said Julie Ferman, who runs a matchmaking agency in Los Angeles (and does take on female clients).

In other words, said Annie Chan, director of a matchmaking agency, "Our government wants smart ladies to meet smart guys to get smart children".

One government campaign tried to combat a falling birthrate by organizing, in effect, an official matchmaking agency aimed particularly at affluent ethnic Chinese.

Started by a prominent matchmaking agency in India called shaadi.com, the new Facebook game takes a shot at the practice of dowry — money and gifts demanded by the groom from the bride's family.

There are even matchmaking agencies "specializing" in North Korean women: one C.E.O.

Government surveys on marriage and property are often sponsored by matchmaking agencies, and perpetuate the perception that being "leftover" is the worst thing that can happen to a woman.

Last year, I was on a Fulbright grant in Seoul, South Korea, a country with such a shortage of women that the men import brides from Thailand and Vietnam and, more recently, matchmaking agencies pair South Korean men with North Korean female defectors.

The fuss was about the appearance in Paris of several matchmaking agencies that specialize in a hyper-aggressive form of blind dating known as speed dating.

Miss Kim, 28, a Korean-American who declined to be identified by her full name, was among four possible marriage partners selected for Mr. Kim by Couple.net, one of the leading matchmaking agencies in South Korea.