THAAD deployment affects South Korea's tourism industry
POLITICS
By Wang Yunmiao

2017-03-29 18:48:06

South Korea's tourism industry is starting to feel the backlash of a diplomatic row with China. Fewer Chinese tourists are visiting the country since Seoul's decision to deploy the controversial THAAD anti-missile system. 
Kim Hyun-jin sells accessories from her store in Seoul's Myeong-dong district. For the past 17 years, her business has relied on tourists, most of whom come from China. But with political tensions between Seoul and Beijing, Kim says customers from China are now very few and far between. 
The worry now is that the dispute may affect the country's overall economy, as CGTN's Shane Hahm reports. 

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