SHENYANG, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – A wild Amur leopard was found dead, apparently killed by an Amur tiger, in the northeastern region of China, local media outlets including Sohu News reported on December 25. According to the reports, a netizen posted a video on December 23 showing the adult leopard lying lifeless in the snow, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Concerns persist regarding the urea crisis, as Chinese authorities have imposed a blockade on urea exports to South Korea, with speculation that this situation may extend into the first quarter of next year. The sudden suspension of industrial urea clearance from China to South Korea has intensified the supply chain [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and China agreed Monday to establish a bilateral dialogue mechanism on export controls and further activate a hotline for supply chains of major industry items, Seoul’s industry ministry said. The agreement was made during a meeting between South Korea’s Trade Minister Ahn Duk-geun and Wang Shouwen, China’s [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — China’s top envoy to South Korea said Monday that Beijing will seek to advance ties with both South Korea and the United States, calling it an “obligation” to tackle global challenges. The remarks by Xing Haiming came a day after the top diplomats of South Korea, China and Japan [...]
BUSAN, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea, China and Japan agreed Sunday to accelerate preparations to resume the long-stalled summit among the leaders of the three countries at an “earliest, mutually convenient” time, Seoul’s Foreign Minister Park Jin said. Park made the remarks after holding the tripartite talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The top diplomats of South Korea, China and Japan will hold trilateral talks in the southeastern port city of Busan this weekend, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Friday, amid fresh tensions after North Korea’s launch of a military spy satellite. Foreign Minister Park Jin will meet with Chinese Foreign Minister [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Thursday handed over the remains of 25 Chinese troops killed during the 1950-53 Korean War to China, Seoul’s defense ministry said, marking the 10th repatriation of its kind. The remains were returned in a ceremony at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, attended by Vice Defense [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The remains of 25 Chinese troops killed in the 1950-53 Korean War will be sent to their home country next week, the defense ministry said Friday, marking the tenth repatriation of its kind. A ceremony for the handover of the remains will take place at Incheon International Airport, just [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s beer imports from China plunged more than 40 percent last month from a year earlier following the release of a viral video showing a man urinating into a tank at Tsingtao Brewery, the customs office said Thursday. The amount of beer imports from China fell 43 percent [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – In response to the controversy surrounding the illegal distribution of the Netflix original series ‘Doona!’ and the JTBC drama ‘Strong Girl Nam-soon,’ professor Seo Kyung-duk from Sungshin Women’s University stated, “It’s time for the Korean government to take action.” On Thursday, Suh expressed on social media that it’s not an [...]