SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A record number of South Koreans traveled to Japan in the January-September period this year, data showed Monday, as favorable exchange rates and diplomatic tensions with Beijing moved their destination away from China. Over 5.21 million South Koreans visited Japan during the cited months, according to the Japan National [...]
BEIJING, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — China wants to work with South Korea to overcome the diplomatic challenges facing them in order to restore a friendly relationship, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said Thursday. “China wants to overcome, together with South Korea, the obstacles currently facing their bilateral relations,” spokesman Geng Shuang said in a [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor Co. said Friday one of its plants in China resumed operations Friday following a three-day suspension after a German company refused to supply auto parts due to payment problems, the South Korean carmaker said. On Tuesday, Hyundai’s plant in Cangzhou, Hebei District, was brought to a halt [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea has asked China to remove economic sanctions imposed on South Korea due to the diplomatic row over the deployment of a U.S. missile defense system here, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said Friday. China has been retaliating economically against South Korea since early this year [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — According to the “Beijing Youth Daily” on August 23, a Beijing city government task force ordered the removal of Lotte Mart generators in Juixianqiao and Yangqiao on the grounds of excessive energy use last year. To add insult to injury, the Beijing paper reported that the city had recently [...]
BEIJING, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) – China welcomed former basketball star Dennis Rodman’s visit to North Korea Wednesday, saying it supports efforts to build ties between Washington and Pyongyang. Lu Kang, spokesman of China’s foreign ministry, made the remark in response to a question about whether Beijing views this week’s trip by Rodman and the [...]
SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) – As South Korea and China continue to clash head on in both politics and environmental issues, the anti-Chinese sentiment in South Korea is seeing a notable increase. In addition to political conflict over the deployment of an American THAAD missile system that has devastated the South Korean tourism industry, the [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) – A new study suggests fine dust particles from China in 2007 alone were linked to the early deaths of 30,900 people in Korea and Japan. The global collaborative study by Tsinghua University, Beijing University, the University of California-Irvine, and the University of British Colombia examined the deadly impact of fine [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) – American Secretary of State Rex Tillerson returned to the U.S. yesterday after visiting Japan, South Korea and China. It was a much anticipated timely visit during a politically tumultuous period in East Asia: Growing concerns over North Korea’s ballistic missiles, China’s retaliation against South Korea over the deployment of a [...]
BEIJING, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean embassy in Beijing has issued a safety warning to football fans planning to attend an upcoming World Cup qualifying match between the two countries, scheduled amid a wave of anti-Korean sentiment here over the deployment of a U.S. missile defense system. According to sources privy to the [...]