(Seoul Comprehensive News) The South Korean government suspended the implementation of a short -term visa for Chinese citizens to go to Korea for more than a month. South Korea officially considered the cancellation of relevant restrictions by the end of February.
According to the Yonhap News Agency, South Korean Prime Minister Han Dezhi said in Seoul on Tuesday (January 31) that if China's crown disease is controllable, South Korea will consider the restriction of a short -term visa for Chinese citizens to South Korea by the end of February.
This is the second time South Korean officials expressed their restrictions on Chinese citizens to South Korea within a week.South Korea ’s Central Disaster Security Countermeasure Headquarters announced on Friday (January 27) that the period of suspension of Chinese citizens' short -term visa to South Korea was extended to February 28.
The department explained at the time that although the situation of preventing and controlling epidemic prevention and control in South Korea is better, it cannot be completely ruled out that the possibility of the epidemic spread again after the Spring Festival has caused the possibility of the epidemic.The official also said that if the situation improves before the deadline, it is possible to restart the short -term visa issuance work early.
After China has released the epidemic prevention and control policy in early December last year, the crown disease has spread rapidly across the country.China has announced its reopening border soon. Some countries are worried that the severe epidemic will lead to the output of the new variant virus and have adopted additional restrictions on Chinese immigration passengers.
Among them, South Korea is one of the countries with the most stringent inbound restrictions on China.In addition to tightening the prevention requirements for immigration from Chinese entry, the South Korean government has also suspended from issuing a short -term visa for Chinese citizens to South Korea from January 2 to January 31st. Its measures are more severe than the United States, Japan, India and other countries.Chinese tourists were asked to "wear yellow cards" when they went to South Korea in early January this year, and some netizens appealed to discriminate against the Chinese, which caused a strong rebound in Chinese public opinion.
The Chinese government treats South Korea's measures to restrict visa as discriminatory policies. Beijing announced countermeasures in early January to suspend issuance of South Korean citizens to visit short -term visas and port visas in China, cancel and suspend 72 hours of Korean people to China, and to suspend the people of South Korea to China.144 -hour transit visa -free policy.
