China resumes group tours to S. Korea

China resumes group tours to S. Korea

Foreign tourists wait in line to enter the duty-free shop of Lotte Department Store in Seoul on the morning of Aug. 11, 2023. The previous day, China lifted a ban on group tours to South Korea, which had been halted six years ago due to the deployment in South Korea of the U.S. defense shield, the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, which Beijing sees as a security threat. (Yonhap)

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