Kim Hyun Joong 김현중/金賢重/ キム・ヒョンジュン

[theone4me]

10 hours ago, odik said:

It seems the Chinese Govt has taken immediate action to stop people going to Korea.

Hope this will not effect the for 29FM.

@khjblinda

Why what is going on?

[odik]

[News Focus] China’s travel ban raises alarm on economic impact

Published : 2017-03-03 18:38
Updated : 2017-03-03 18:47

China’s reported ban on travel agencies on selling tour programs to South Korea is expected to take a toll on South Korean tourism and retailers here who rely on Chinese tourists.

The China National Tourism Administration reportedly called in two dozen travel agencies in Beijing and instructed them to stop selling South Korean tour programs including group packages and services for individual tourists, according to news reports Thursday and Friday. Some sources said the ban was spreading to other cities and provinces including Shanghai and Jiangsu Province.

The news hit South Korea’s stock market Friday, with companies exposed to China such as duty free shop operators, hotels and cosmetics being dragged down.

The benchmark Kospi dropped 1.14 percent to close at 2,078.75 points. Cosmetics giant AmorePacific Corp. plunged 12.67 percent to 251,500 won ($217.5) and Hotel Shilla, an operator of luxury hotels and duty-free shops, plummeted 13.10 percent to 43,799 won.

The travel ban is seen as the latest move to protest South Korea’s decision to deploy an advanced US missile defense system on the peninsula despite Beijing’s protests.

It came almost immediately after the board of Lotte International passed Tuesday a land-swap deal with the South Korean Defense Ministry for the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system.

The company’s duty-free website was closed for a few hours due to a cyberattack launched by unidentified hackers and its Chinese website, www.lotte.cn, has remained inaccessible to visitors since Tuesday afternoon.

A Shanghai-based tour guide specializing in South Korean tours said his company cannot receive any Korea-bound tour groups after March 15 as instructed by the CNTA.

The CNTA declined to comment on the matter when reached by the Korea Herald on Friday.

Meanwhile, the website of Ctrip, China’s biggest online travel agency, was still selling South Korean tour programs beyond March. But Tuniu, another online travel company, took down all Korean package programs from its website. 


 

A screenshot of the website of Chinese online travel company Tuniu shows that no tour programs to South Korea are available as of Friday afternoon. (Korea Herald)

It was also reported that the CNTA instructed travel agencies to exhaust those that have already been sold by mid-March.

On Friday, a notice by CNTA banning the sales of South Korean tour programs rapidly circulated via Chinese social network services. It is not confirmed whether the notice was indeed issued by the CNTA.

A Chinese web user posted the CNTA notice with a comment that says, “When we boycotted Japanese tours (few years ago), a lot of small tour agencies in Japan collapsed.”

A South Korean running a travel agency in China told The Korea Herald that inquires had been pouring in on Friday from Chinese customers asking whether it was still possible to go to South Korea.

The ban will limit the businesses of Chinese tour agencies, the Shanghai-based tour guide said.

“We will have to find alternatives to replace Korean trips, maybe to Japan or Southeast Asian countries.”

South Korea’s tourism industry heavily depends on Chinese tourists. In 2016, a total of 17.2 million foreign nationals visited South Korea and 8.06 million, or 47 percent, were Chinese, data from the Korea Tourism Organization showed.

It is estimated that about 60 percent of Chinese tourists traveled on their own, while the rest visited through package tours. Of the individual tourists, about half were presumed to have purchased hotel and flight ticket packages through travel agencies.

The ban on selling group tours and individuals who book flights and hotels through travel agencies could cut inbound Chinese tourism by half.

In 2015, 6.11 million Chinese tourists spent 15 trillion won ($13 billion) in South Korea, or 2.74 million won per person.

Their indirect and direct economic impact was estimated to be $22 billion won, according to the Korea Tourism Organization.

If the number of Chinese tourists halves, the number would also cut in half, industry watchers say.

Duty-free shops are expected to be hit the hardest.

Last year, the total sales at South Korea’s duty-free shops amounted to 12.27 trillion won, 72 percent of which was generated by foreign customers, with a significant number of those sales generated by foreigners attributed to Chinese tourists.

It would also weigh down on the country’s service account as it would lower the travel account income. The Bank of Korea said Friday that the service balance deficit hit a record high of $3.36 billion in January, almost doubling from $1.84 billion a year ago.

Since Seoul announced the deployment of THAAD, China has unofficially taken various measures including banning South Korea’s cultural products from being broadcast on TV in the country and internet websites. In October last year, the Chinese authorities allegedly ordered tour agencies to cut the number of travelers heading to South Korea by 20 percent.

The Civil Aviation Administration of China rejected eight flights requested by three Korean airlines for January and February for unknown reasons. Requests to increase the number of regular flights between China and Korea also have been denied. 

By Park Ga-young (gypark@heraldcorp.com)

[Teleri Nyfain]

Makes me sad   Nothing new, of course.  China, Japan, Korea have been fighting for a couple millenia - 

[odik]

From KeyEast official page:

@jackiek606

 

[odik]

Dear.all HENECIA

ALIEN SPACE Broadcast/every MONDAY

Please listen together.

listen at

http://kpopway.com 

 

[odik]

Seats charts & hall inside image

Pre-sale begins on Monday 3/13 8PM KST

2017 KHJ FANMEETING ANEMONE

#김현중 #KHJ_FM_2017

cr:inpic

@sunsun_sky

[odik]

[URGENT NOTICE] Re: Those seats, assigned to SK fans, posted in JPN auction site

★【긴급공지】일본 옥션에올라온 한국팬석에 관하여★[김현중갤러리]

http://m.dcinside.com/view.php?id=khj&no=170517&page=1 …

@sunsun_sky

[odik]

General sales for HJ's FM in Seoul (Japanese tour) has started.

Includes ticket (lottery),rehearsal and photo.

http://hanryu-iace.jp/kimhyunjoong2017/ …

@illublue

[odik]

Hyun Joong said today:

"To the fans stay by my side all the way,

really grateful,

let's not forget thinking&missing each other while we're apart.

@kikakhj

[odik]

@ameba_officialさんから :

"Kim Hyun Joong Now in Jeju Island"

He will record album after coming back to Seoul in the middle of March

Cr:@aki060206

@hani_501

About the new album... it isn't confirmed, because the news it didn't come from a reliable source

  but I hope it's true...

[odik]

Hope >80%of fans can fully enjoy renewed

http://hyun-joong.com  &all official updates too

https://www.socialbakers.com/statistics/facebook/pages/detail/174811379241426-kim-hyun-joong …

 

@latt6686

[odik]

HOT!!!

[2017.03.10] http://hyun-joong.com  Home Page

http://www.hyun-joong.com

@SuperfandeKhj

[odik]

Fan Meeting Poster!!

@4everhyun

[odik]

[2017.03.10] KHJ Official Weibo Update

日期 : 2017年 4月 29日

(周六) 时间 : PM 7:00

地点 : 奥林匹克大厅

销售处 :ticketlink

http://www.weibo.com/hyunjoongk?is_all=1 …

[2017.03.10] KHJ Official FB Update

날짜 : 2017년 4월 29일(토)

시간 : PM 7시

장소 : 올림픽홀

예매사이트 : 티켓링크

https://www.facebook.com/kimhyunjoong/photos/a.346263995429496.87127.174811379241426/1190340634355157/?type=3&theater …

@SuperfandeKhj

[odik]

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let's vote for Hyun Joong in Most Handsome Korean Actors 2017 Poll

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[Teleri Nyfain]

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[Guest shariman66]

I love the FM poster!

He looks so young though & a bit whimsical ~

Anyway I do hope none of the Japanese fans will be scammed by those scalpers.

They are really unscrupulous & hopefully they'll be caught by the authorities.

Is anyone here going to the FM?

Wishing you every success in purchasing the ticket ~

Don't forget to say hello for us to our hyunjoong

[Teleri Nyfain]

I know some people who are going, all the way from the US (Henecia USA members) - wish I had the $$$$ & I'd go with them!

[odik]

Kim Hyun Joong Mobile voice

instagram.com/p/BRfuy1NFS9q/?taken-by=hyun_kichi …

cr hyun_kichi

translation:

To All fans who are always beside me.

I'm very thankful

When we can't meet

We always long all the day

&don't forget the love with each other

@SuperfandeKhj

[odik]

Didn't know HJ went 2 the store across base 2 thank lady 4treated well 2 his fans

&Hwajeon station 2 thank 4 us on Feb11.

So proud&love more

@kikakhj

KHJ is a wonderful human being. Only he is such a kind & warm-hearted guy. I'm so  proud to be his fan.