Chinese companies boycott South Korean ones and company stocks fall in Seoul amid tensions over Thaad
SEOUL—South Korea fears Beijing is widening its offensive against Seoul’s planned missile-defense system to include corporate boycotts, as a report of Chinese retaliation sent shares of South Korean retailers lower.
The Friday report, by South Korea’s semiofficial Yonhap News Agency, which cited unnamed sources, said Beijing had urged travel agencies to stop selling tour packages to South Korea.
