S Koreans hope for revival at China's biggest trade fair
Korean businesses try to get a bigger slice of China's massive consumer market after lifting of impasse
Guangzhou
A PALM-SIZED, monkey-shaped novelty tea-infuser could be Jeoung Young-min's ticket to China greatness, and after months of political obstacles, things are finally starting to happen.
Days after China and South Korea agreed to shelve their year-long dispute over the Thaad US missile system, small-scale exporters from the nation trying to break into their neighbour's giant economy expressed optimism that trade restrictions and a de facto boycott of their goods is over.
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