SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean and Chinese aviation authorities have agreed to gradually increase the number of flights on their bilateral routes to pre-pandemic levels, the South Korean transport ministry said Friday. Seoul and Beijing have the rights to provide 608 flights a week on routes to each other’s country, and they [...]
INCHEON, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — High-end drones will be deployed on large vessels operated by South Korea’s Coast Guard to monitor Chinese boats engaging in illegal fishing activities, officials said Thursday. The Coast Guard announced that it will invest 28 billion won (US$21.4 million) by 2028 to purchase 144 additional drones for 32 large [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea decided to lift a requirement for travelers from China to take PCR tests after their arrival here from next month as the COVID-19 situation remains stable, an official said Wednesday. Though the post-arrival test requirement will be lifted on March 1, the pre-arrival test requirement will remain [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A firestorm of controversy was ignited after a high-ranking Chinese diplomat made a false claim that a landmark bridge in Turkey had been built by a Chinese company. Chinese Consul General in Belfast Meifang Zhang tweeted on Monday, claiming that “The Canakkale Bridge has withstood the earthquake. It was [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — China’s reopening from COVID-19 restrictions and its economic recovery are expected to help boost South Korea’s economic growth and exports, which are highly related to the neighboring country, a report showed Sunday. According to the report published by the Korea International Trade Association (KITA), global institutions have predicted that [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will resume issuing short-term visas for travelers from China this weekend, a ranking government official said Friday. The government made the decision to restart issuing visas Saturday as China’s COVID-19 infection wave has peaked and begun to subside, Kim Seong-ho, an interior ministry official, said during a [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — China is now permitting its citizens to go on group tours overseas for the first time since the onset of the pandemic. South Korea, however, was not included on the list of approved travel destinations. Chinese media outlets reported that some 100 Chinese tourists traveling to Dubai, Abu Dhabi [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — China on Wednesday resumed mandatory COVID-19 tests for arrivals from South Korea only, in its latest tit-for-tat response over Seoul’s strengthened antivirus curbs against travelers from the neighboring nation. The tests were mostly conducted on foreign nationals, most of whom were Koreans. Sources said that travelers from South Korea [...]
SEOUL/BEIJING, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — China resumed mandatory COVID-19 tests for arrivals from South Korea only Wednesday, in its latest tit-for-tat response over Seoul’s strengthened antivirus curbs against travelers from the neighboring nation. In a notice sent Tuesday to airlines operating between the two neighbors, Chinese aviation authorities said all passengers on board direct [...]
SHANGHAI, China, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co., Ltd (“Junshi Biosciences”, HKEX: 1877; SSE: 688180), a leading innovation-driven biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel therapies, announced today that the National Medical Products Administration (the “NMPA”) has conducted urgent review and approval under Special Examination and Approval of [...]