Chinese shoppers already have a seemingly insatiable appetite for South Korean pop music, TV dramas, cosmetics and fashion. Now they’re after another must-have item: a driver’s licence.
In China, would-be drivers can wait up to a year for a licence and pay double the US$420 (RM1,377) that one costs in South Korea. That has fuelled a boom in Chinese visitors taking South Korean driving tests and converting the licences when they get home.
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