BEIJING, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean romance “Something in the Rain” will be streamed on a Chinese online platform from Thursday, becoming the first Korean TV show to have won approval from Beijing’s TV watchdog in about six years. According to iQIYI, “Something in the Rain,” starring Son Ye-jin and Jung Hae-in, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans who recently entered the Chinese city of Shanghai managed to convince local authorities to allow them to vote in the upcoming presidential election. The Chinese government requires foreigners entering the country to quarantine at hotels and other designated locations for a minimum of two weeks to prevent [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — As anti-Chinese, anti-Korean sentiment is reaching extreme levels following the Beijing Winter Olympics, a Chinese fan club for South Korean comedian Yoo Jae-suk suddenly announced that is was shutting down. The ‘Yoo Jae-suk Universe’ fan club announced on the Chinese social media platform Weibo last Sunday that the fan [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A conservative South Korean civic group tore up the Chinese flag during a rally near the Chinese Embassy in central Seoul on Friday to protest controversial refereeing against some of South Korea’s short track speed skaters at the Beijing Winter Olympics. Members of the civic group, which calls itself [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid controversy arising at the Beijing Winter Olympics on China’s false ownership claims over hanbok, K-pop celebrities unveiled photos of themselves wearing the Korean traditional attire. On Tuesday, Suga of K-pop supergroup BTS posted a photo of himself on social media wearing a Korean royal robe. The photo was [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean civic organization called upon Tottenham Hotspur to apologize for showing Son Heung-min alongside a congratulatory sign for the Chinese New Year’s Day. The Premier League club showed caricatures of the South Korean star forward and Chinese Tottenham Hotspur Women forward Tang Jiali on a stadium screen on Sunday [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Chinese Embassy here issued a rare public statement in response to fury among South Koreans over the “appropriation” of “hanbok,” the traditional Korean attire, and deepening anti-China sentiment. A woman, dressed in hanbok, appeared during last week’s opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, representing an ethnic minority [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-biggest carmaker by sales, said Monday it will launch six electric vehicles in China by 2027 as it aims to gain a share in the Chinese EV market. Kia plans to launch the EV6 all-electric sedan in the world’s biggest automobile market next year, the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea plans to continue global efforts to publicize hanbok, the traditional Korean attire, as its signature culture, a government official said Sunday, as people here are in an uproar over China’s use of hanbok during the winter Olympics opening ceremony. One woman clad in hanbok appeared among those [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday its chipmaking facility in the Chinese city of Xi’an has returned to normal as the city has lifted a lockdown. The world’s largest memory chip maker had temporarily adjusted operations at its NAND flash chips manufacturing base late last month following the lockdown in [...]