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‘Brutal interference’: China tabloid rounds on S Korea criticism

The Chinese tabloid has accused Yoon of 'blindly following' the US [File: Leah Millis/Reuters]

China’s state-run Global Times has lashed out at the South Korean embassy after it sent a letter to the tabloid criticising its coverage of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s visit to the United States.

In an editorial on Monday headlined “This newspaper has something to say about S. Korean embassy’s ‘protest'”, the English-language tabloid bristled at a “strong protest” sent to its editors last week by Seoul’s embassy in Beijing.

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