A Chinese restaurant in South Korea named CJ was broken into and vandalized by four Chinese nationals in the early hours of the morning, who sprayed a liquid suspected to be pesticide. The suspects subsequently flew to Shanghai and left the country.
On September 9, near Hongik University Station Exit at the AK Plaza mall in Seoul, South Korea, an Asian woman and a Western woman pushing a stroller engaged in a physical altercation. According to eyewitnesses, the two allegedly clashed following a verbal dispute, with the scuffle affecting the stroller. Mall security subsequently intervened to handle the situation.
On August 4, a Chinese man in his 20s was arrested for illegally filming women at a cafe in Seongdong-gu, Seoul. Police investigation revealed that he had illegally filmed a total of 27 women across various locations in Seoul. On September 9, the Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors' Office indicted the man without detention on charges of violating the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment, etc. of Sexual Crimes.
At the Seoul Security Dialogue, a Philippine official publicly read a note on the South China Sea position submitted by the Chinese embassy and refuted it on the spot, criticizing China for not respecting international law and the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, while also accusing such behavior of disregarding the etiquette of the host country, South Korea, and the participants.
South Korea held a civil defense drill in Seoul, mobilizing approximately 240 personnel to simulate a hotel bomb threat, chemical attack, fire, and drone attack.
On August 18, 2026, a former Samsung engineer testified at the Seoul District Court that China's ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), in the early period after its founding in 2016, obtained Samsung's 18-nanometer DRAM process data by recruiting South Korean engineers, and South Korean prosecutors alleged that it thereby saved on R&D trial and error.
In August 2026, several Chinese tourists traveling in Seoul, South Korea posted videos on social media saying they protested after seeing a Republic of China (Blue Sky with a White Sun) flag design at a currency exchange point, and tried to tear down the flag sign.
As one of the largest food exhibitions in Asia, the 2026 Seoul Food & Hotel Expo has invited the United States to be the guest of honor, focusing on showcasing American food and agricultural products under the theme of 'Freedom 250' to commemorate the 250th anniversary of American independence.
At the Stray Kids reality pop-up store in Seongsu-dong, Seoul, South Korea, three Chinese tourists forcibly brought chairs in and ignored safety regulations, getting into an argument with security guards that left several staff members injured.