SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean entertainment companies are facing a dilemma as China, under the ‘One-China Policy’, has begun to take issue with foreign companies using terminology that seems to uphold Taiwan’s independence. With an increasing number of idols of Taiwanese nationality making a debut in South Korea, many companies are careful [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A study by a South Korean government agency has again confirmed that China is largely responsible for fine dust particles over the Korean Peninsula, officials said Monday. The latest conclusion was reached by the National Information Resources Service (NIRS), an affiliate of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and China have agreed to set up a joint early warning system related to fine dust, Seoul’s authorities said Thursday amid desperate efforts here to counter air pollution. The neighboring countries had a series of working-level talks on environmental issues earlier this week and agreed to expand [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of foreigners who arrived in South Korea jumped 15 percent in 2018 from a year earlier due to a base effect after visits by Chinese tourists plunged in 2017, the local tourism promotion agency in Seoul said Wednesday. A total of 15.34 million foreigners visited South Korea [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Ministry of Environment responded to a recent comment from the Chinese government that blamed South Korea for its poor air quality. “It is only common sense to know that the westerlies blow from the northern hemisphere, exposing South Korea to Chinese influence, particularly in the fall and [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Much attention is being paid to a new care system for cats released in China by a South Korean business entrepreneur, Choi Choong-kwang. According to industry analysts on January 20, the service called ‘Butler Kang’ was introduced in China to check the health of a cat in real time [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — According to a recent online survey of 843 Chinese living in Qingdao, 59.9 percent of the respondents had either seen the drama “SKY Castle” or planned to see it in the future. The results were published in a local newspaper. While the JTBC drama, which is based on college [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean battery makers are lagging behind their rivals in China and Japan in electric vehicle (EV) battery competitiveness, a local think tank said Thursday. Korean car battery companies, such as LG Chem Ltd. and Samsung SDI Co., have witnessed their combined share in the global battery market plunge [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean companies, led by Doosan Infracore Co., logged robust sales in China’s excavator market last year as the world’s No. 2 economy increased spending on infrastructure, industry sources said Tuesday. According to the data provided by Eugine Investment & Securities, Doosan Infracore, South Korea’s No. 1 construction equipment [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales at South Korean duty-free stores continued to show solid growth, reaching their highest-ever figure in 2018, despite a drop in Chinese travelers following a diplomatic row over the deployment of an advanced U.S. missile defense system here, industry data showed Monday. According to the data from the Korea [...]