A total of 54,439 couples divorced in Taiwan in 2017
epa06780475 A woman and a boy walk past a wedding photo gallery in Taipei, Taiwan, 02 June 2018. On 02 June, the Interior Ministry said that in 2017, 54,439 couples filed for divorce in Taiwan, up 589 couples from 2016, averaging 149 pairs every day, six pairs every hour or one pair every ten minutes. For the divorced couples, the average length of their marriage was 7.5 years, the ministry said. EPA/DAVID CHANG
