Photo of the Day: A participant introduces himself to the crowd to appeal his case during the mass blind date on Christmas Eve at a park in Seoul. More than 3,000 young South Korean men and women converged on a park, highlighting the woes of the lovelorn in a rapidly aging nation. The singles braves sub-zero weather for the flash-mob blind date that was organized on social media. (Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji)

Photo of the Day: A participant introduces himself to the crowd to appeal his case during the mass blind date on Christmas Eve at a park in Seoul. More than 3,000 young South Korean men and women converged on a park, highlighting the woes of the lovelorn in a rapidly aging nation. The singles braves sub-zero weather for the flash-mob blind date that was organized on social media. (Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji)

"I created a Facebook dating site to help me get over my own break-up a few months ago. But then I posted that we should have one giant dating event for Christmas and it just took off from there."

Yu Tae-hyung, who came up with the idea for a mass blind-date on Christmas Eve in Seoul.

(Source: theworld.org)