Cheong, NSC Standing Committee Meeting: "Japan's Unfair Measures... Responding Based on Reciprocity" (Comprehensive)

NSC Standing Committee Meeting Chaired by National Security Office Director Jeong Eui-yong... "Strong Regret Over Japan's Strengthened Entry Restrictions"

[Asia Economy Reporter Ryu Jeong-min] On the morning of the 6th, the Blue House held a Standing Committee meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) and, after discussing Japan's strengthened entry restrictions, decided to respond based on reciprocity.

The Blue House explained, "On the morning of the 6th, an NSC Standing Committee meeting was held, presided over by National Security Office Director Jeong Eui-yong," adding, "The standing committee members discussed measures to effectively respond to the increasing uncertainty in the international community caused by the spread of COVID-19 and the resulting transnational non-traditional security threats."

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The Blue House stated, "In particular, we reviewed response measures to resolve the inconveniences and disadvantages experienced by our citizens while staying or traveling abroad," and "Regarding this, the standing committee members expressed strong regret over Japan's strengthened entry restrictions on our citizens and the raising of travel alerts for its own nationals."

The NSC standing committee members emphasized that Korea is strictly controlling COVID-19 through a scientific and transparent quarantine system recognized worldwide, and pointed out that Japan is receiving distrust from the international community due to its opaque and passive quarantine measures.

The Blue House stated, "It is difficult to accept that the Japanese government took unfair measures without prior consultation with our government, and our government has decided to review necessary response measures, including those based on reciprocity."

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