SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea has approved the entry of more than 80 Chinese students seeking to study in the North in the first such acceptance of overseas students after years of stringent border lockdowns aimed at fending off the pandemic. Late Thursday, the Chinese Embassy in North Korea released a photo [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean-made mobile games are facing challenges in the Chinese market following a recent attempt to expand. Smilegate Holdings Inc.’s “Epic Seven,” which entered the Chinese market last June, held the 67th position on the Apple Store’s sales chart in the second week of August, according to mobile app market [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Metro said Monday it will stop pronouncing some subway train station names in original Chinese during its station arrival announcements starting August. At present, Seoul Metro offers prerecorded voice announcements in four languages — Korean, English, Japanese and Chinese — inside trains to give the upcoming station name, [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — During the past six years of Beijing’s pressure on Seoul regarding the latter’s hosting of a U.S. THAAD anti-missile system, South Korean conglomerates have witnessed shrinking sales at their Chinese subsidiaries, a corporate tracker said Wednesday. CEO Score analyzed sales reports of 113 Korean companies in China, which revealed [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid a recent statement at the National Assembly by a ruling party leader vowing to prevent Chinese individuals from exploiting South Korea’s national health insurance, communities in China have been found to be sharing tips on how to take advantage of the system. A YouTube video created by a [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A website that offers free 3D data for South Korean cultural heritage is facing malicious comments from Chinese online commentators. Chinese netizens have given one particular asset, Korean traditional houses known as “hanok,” a one-star rating on the Unreal Engine Marketplace, run by U.S. video game giant Epic Games [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Similar noodle dishes can be found in various parts of the world, like spaghetti in Italy, dao xiao mian in China, and bibimguksu in Korea. These dishes all share the common element of noodles topped with vegetables, meat, and spices. It is possible that these cuisines have influenced each [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop rookie NewJeans has become a target of Chinese netizens after appearing in a video promoting the outstanding features of Korean traditional paper, or “hanji.” The quintet appeared in a video produced and released by the culture ministry last week to promote hanji. The five members talked about hanji’s [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of Chinese students studying in South Korea on Saturday held a demonstration against the Chinese government’s strict zero-COVID policy. This was the first anti-regime protest held by Chinese individuals in the country after controversy over a secret Chinese police station erupted. Six Chinese students and members of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Study-abroad students from China are raising their voices about their home country’s zero-COVID policy. Recently, campus boards in Korea University and Chung-Ang University were posted with various anti-Chinese slogans like “CCP (Chinese Communist Party) OUT”, “Free China” and “It’s my duty.” Chinese students and residents on Wednesday, showed up [...]