Reuters: Love comes at a hefty price in South Korea. There are up to 21 anniversaries, special days and celebrations a year for couples to shower each other with affection and gifts, and as a result some relationships are crushed under the weight of festivities. South Korean companies looked at the wild success of Valentine's Day celebrations in their country and found ways to sell their goods and services through a tie-up with love, marketing officials say.

Yes, the Japanese-originated White Day is there on March 14th - in Japan women give chocolate on Feb-14 and men return the effort on Mar-14 - but there's also Black Day. And Yellow Day-Rose Day. And Silver Day?

And I thought Hallmark was bad...