A Korean student studying in Moscow remains in critical condition after being stabbed in an apparent hate crime.

The 29-year-old, identified by his surname Shim, was stabbed in the neck by a masked assailant outside a downtown store around 5 p.m. on Sunday, local time.

Shim, a junior at a state-run film school in the Russian capital, is undergoing surgery but is known to be in a critical state.

Russian police say the attack is similar to a number of other recent racist attacks that have targeted foreigners.

He has lived in Moscow for six years.

On February 15th, a 22-year-old Korean male student died after being beaten by a group of local youths in the city of Barnaul, a city in Altai Krai, Russia.