China’s foreign ministry said Thursday it was “deeply surprised and dissatisfied” after President Yoon Suk Yeol accused Chinese nationals of spying.
In a public address earlier in the day, Yoon defended his short-lived imposition of martial law, during which the president claimed that opposition parties blocked a revision to anti-espionage laws despite two separate instances in which Chinese nationals filmed military installations and the National Intelligence Service in South Korea.
Mao Ning, Beijing foreign ministry’s spokesperson said; “We firmly oppose the South Korean side linking its internal issues with factors related to China, making up false charges of so-called Chinese spies and disgracing normal economic and trade cooperation.”
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