I understand the thought of seeking out women in Asian countries, as this seems to be the long-standing advice that has always been given to men who are looking for "submissive wives with traditional values."
I just think that most men who do so don't truly realize what those traditional values entail.
I'm certainly no expert, but over the years, I've known about 10 situations involving such couples (a bride brought in from another country) or I knew the child of such a marriage.
And the pattern was always the same: the man wanted a beautiful, sweet, submissive, loving stay-at-home wife with traditional values.
And what he failed to realize in each case is that he was taking a young woman away from the very family who had given her those traditional values, from a culture that might emphasize family much more so than his own, and didn't realize just how challenging that really is.
The top problems I have seen in these marriages have been:
1. She's cut off from her family, and over time, will become depressed and unhappy. It can't be expected that she will be in good spirits once taken away from her family, culture, friends, native language, and everything familiar to her. It must be considered that she will need a way to stay in touch with, and most likely go back and periodically visit her country on a regular basis, or to bring her family to your country to visit as often as possible.
2. This will become even more apparent if the couple has children. Traditional family values in such countries means that grandparents are to be part of the children's lives growing up, and in many cases, the mother-in-law expects to come live with the family to help raise the babies in their formative years, at the very least.
3. Her traditional family may expect you help support them (as is customary in such countries -- offspring support their parents, at the very least, if not other members as well.) You may find yourself supporting not only her, but a good number of her family members as well. And it won't be seen as gold-digging -- it will be seen as part of traditional values. Likewise, she may expect that as her parents age, you will provide for them to come and live with you. In Asian countries, it is expected that you will take care of your parents, which usually means having them live with you.
4. You will most likely encounter prejudice. I know a girl who is constantly asked, "So, are you a bad (member of her country) or a good one?" And she says that people don't really care what the answer is, because they usually just assume she's one of the "bad" ones. As much as I wish things were different these days, they just aren't, and if your children are mixed, people will certainly voice their opinions to both you and them about that fact -- often in not-so-nice ways.
5. There are a lot of cultural differences when it comes to raising children. What might be seen as abuse in one country is seen as normal everyday child-rearing in another. Physical discipline in other countries that is seen as abuse here may be seen as a normal part of parenting according to her own traditional values.
I am not trying to discourage anyone from going after what they wish for in a spouse, especially if that's where God is leading them.
But I've seen many cases in which the person seeking such a wife never even considered these things until they happened, and it certainly did not make for a very happy or stable marriage.
I would strongly encourage anyone looking into this to do some research and preparation before taking the leap.