Countries with Entry Restrictions on Koreans Related to 'COVID-19' Issue 'Travel Advisories'... Overseas Safety Travel Notices

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] On the 28th, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced a travel advisory on the Overseas Safety Travel website, recommending reconsideration or postponement of travel plans to countries (regions) that have imposed entry restrictions on our nationals.

This travel advisory is a separate measure from the existing travel alerts and is intended to inform our nationals of unexpected inconveniences and risks that may arise when traveling to certain countries (regions) that have implemented entry bans, quarantine, or strengthened inspections on our nationals due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs urged our nationals planning to travel to the affected countries (regions) to comprehensively consider local conditions, personal travel, and activity needs, and to reconsider or postpone travel as much as possible.

Starting today, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will promptly notify the public of rapidly changing overseas safety information by posting real-time updates received from overseas diplomatic missions on the Ministry’s Overseas Safety Travel app, Twitter, and other social media channels. At the same time, through cooperation with related ministries, this information will be disseminated to airlines and travel agencies to be utilized from the ticketing stage.

An official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs explained, "The Ministry will continue to closely monitor the status of foreign entry restrictions on our nationals and will continuously update the list of countries (regions) subject to travel advisories on the Ministry’s Overseas Safety Travel website," adding, "More detailed information is also posted on the websites of our embassies responsible for those countries."

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that it is also conducting diplomatic efforts to explain the government’s proactive and strengthened quarantine measures to countries (regions) that have imposed entry restrictions on our nationals, aiming to have such measures lifted promptly.

An official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, "If our nationals experience unexpected inconveniences or difficulties during overseas travel or business activities, necessary consular assistance will continue to be provided through all overseas diplomatic missions."

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