SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Land owned by Chinese individuals and companies in South Korea has increased by more than five-fold over the past five years, a report showed on Tuesday. The amount of land owned by Chinese entities here came to 16.9 million square meters last year, marking a 486-percent hike from 3.7 [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Koreabiz Wire) – Foreign ownership of land in South Korea grew slightly last year compared to 2014 amidst increasing Chinese investment in the southern resort island of Jeju, said a government official Friday. In total, some 20.6 million square meters, or 1.1 percent, of Jeju Island is owned by foreigners. According to the [...]
![[Stats] Foreigners’ Land Ownership in Korea](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Foreigners’-Land-Ownership-in-Korea.png "[Stats] Foreigners’ Land Ownership in Korea")
For the first quarter of this year, the Chinese bought the largest amount of land in Korea of all nationalities. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transportation said on May 28 that the total foreign land holdings as of the end of March were 227.44 square kilometers, accounting for about 0.22 percent of the nation’s [...]