Interesting news via GFN that the Chinese consulate in Gwangju was upgraded to a consulate-general (총영사관) last week, a result of an agreement between South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and Chinese President Hu Jin-tao made last August. It becomes the second PRC Consulate-General in South Korea, in addition to the one in Busan. Neither the GFN blurb or the Newsis article it's based on have the specific location, but the latter says it is in Nam-gu, Wolsan-dong. The consulate had been around since March, 2007, though I hadn't known that until this morning. There is a website for the consulate-general here, in Chinese and Korean.
A write-up on the event says there are roughly 36,000 Chinese in its jurisdiction (Jeollanam-do, Jeollabuk-do, and Jeju-do).
7 comments:
what's the difference between a consulate and a consulate-general?
Most of the Chinese in the region are Tiawanese citizens who have lived in Korea since before 1949.
My neighborhood in Gwangju has historically been the China Town. The only remnants are the Chinese school and several Chinese character hogwans.
No idea, Samuel. I was just going to post a one-line link about there being a new c-g in Gwangju, based on what I read on GFN, but:
1) The consulate was already there,
2) The GFN article didn't have any details,
and
3) The GFN website wasn't allowing direct links.
Michael, is the Chinese school the Confucian academy? I noticed they have Chinese courses once in a while.
NOpe, the Confucian academy is closer to downtown across the river. THe Chinese school is in 계림동
Chnse=Chinese
아이고, 고마워.
bitte schoen
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