White ginseng resumes issuing visas Chinese tourists again, effective February 11, after seeing the situation of COVID improve.
Reuters reports that South Korea prepares to resume issuing short-term visas to tourists from China tomorrow (Feb. 11) due to the COVID-19 outbreak. in China is getting better
South Korean authorities previously suspended issuing short-term visas to Chinese tourists in January. After the Chinese authorities quickly ended the COVID-19 measures. Resulting in a large number of new infections in the country. China retaliated by halting the issuance of short-term visas to tourists from South Korea as well.
Recently, Deputy Interior Minister Kim Sung Ho said that the South Korean government has decided to resume issuing visas to Chinese nationals. After the number of infected people in China dropped dramatically. And no new strain of virus has yet been born in China.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Mao Ning described the decision by the South Korean authorities as “an act of corruption”. “Moving in the right direction,” along with stating that Chinese authorities are also considering resuming short-term visas to South Koreans. He hopes that South Korea will cooperate with China in making travel between the two countries more convenient.
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