SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Public chagrin is growing over some Chinese provincial authorities’ forcible anti-coronavirus quarantine measures against South Koreans, fueling criticism of Seoul’s cautious immigration controls and strengthening calls for broader entry bans on Chinese visitors. Despite Seoul’s entry ban limited only to China’s central Hubei Province at the center of the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Chinese state-run media have suddenly turned into ‘epidemic experts’ as they criticized South Korea and a number of countries for being ‘slow’ to address the coronavirus. China, where the coronavirus first originated, is currently eyeing the mounting number of coronavirus patients in South Korea to the extent that the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The outbreak of the novel coronavirus has placed a strain on air cargo transportation worldwide, especially on routes to and from China and the U.S., and international logistics in general have slowed. “Because of the coronavirus, the number of aircraft departing from the U.S. has been reduced due to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon has sent a message of support to China in Chinese, making headlines on Chinese social media. Park created a video containing messages of support in time for sending relief goods to 12 Chinese cities. “There is a saying [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Carmakers in South Korea said Saturday some of their assembly lines are still short of auto components as parts suppliers in China partially resumed operations this week amid no signs of the new coronavirus slowing. Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Motors Corp., the country’s two biggest carmakers, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Kimchi imported from China has long frequented dinner tables in South Korea. Now, Korean kimchi is expected to show up on Chinese tables more often. South Korea’s state-run Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corp. (aT) said Chinese consumers are increasingly drawn to Korean kimchi, known to be effective against [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean airlines’ first-quarter earnings may be dismal as they suspended or reduced flights on international routes amid the spreading COVID-19 virus outbreak, analysts said Thursday. In their latest move to respond to the virus, Asiana Airlines Inc., the country’s second-biggest airline after Korean Air Lines Co., said it [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The new coronavirus outbreak is prompting consumers to raise concerns about Chinese food recipes, and the risk of infection through Chinese staff at restaurants. Seoul’s Daerim-dong, Incheon’s Chinatown, and other hotspots for Chinese food are facing gloomy prospects for the immediate future. “Distorted views and false rumors are putting [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Carmakers in South Korea said Tuesday they have partially resumed vehicle production that was halted due to parts shortages caused by the new coronavirus outbreak, on resumed supply of parts from China. Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Motors Corp., the country’s two biggest carmakers, said they restarted [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s electronics companies are set to resume their plant operations in China, industry officials said Monday, following an extended Lunar New Year holiday amid the spread of the novel coronavirus in the world’s No. 2 economy. The companies said they plan to resume production Monday, although some manufacturing [...]