More Than 60 Percent of South Korean Staff Infected With COVID-19 in Embassy, Consulates Across China

Currency traders stand near the screens showing the foreign exchange rates at a foreign exchange dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 29, 2022. Lee Jin-man/AP Photo

More than 60 percent of Korean employees at South Korean diplomatic and consular offices across China have been infected with COVID-19 over the past two weeks, as a new wave of the virus sweeps through the country.

South Korea has announced that it will suspend its issuing of short-term visas in China until Jan. 31.