Koreans in Beijing

[1] Due to war and famine in Korea that occurred beginning in the 1860s, Koreans began settling in Beijing.

As of 2010 many South Koreans moving to Beijing have settled in Wangjing in Chaoyang District.

Most South Korean businesspeople and their families in Beijing live in Wangjing.

[3] Hyejin Kim, author of International Ethnic Networks and Intra-Ethnic Conflict: Koreans in China, wrote that the growth of Wangjing had weakened Wudaokou as a Korean area.

[5] The Korean International School in Beijing (KISB) is located in Wangjing.