A block on new licensing for product distribution in China came in March 2017 after the South Korean government granted the United States permission to install the THAAD missile defense battery and radar system on South Korean soil. Since March 2017, the South Korean government has licensed 111 Chinese online games for sale in South Korea. China has historically been the largest market for South Korean online and mobile games. South Korean game developers have seen no such reprieve, while Chinese copyright infringers and pirate servers have reaped the benefits in their absence. Player UnknownPlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, a globally popular game developed by a South Korean games publisher, Bluehole, was similarly denied licensing in China.

Source: Forbes April 30, 2018 02:15 UTC