SEOUL/BUSAN, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will impose a temporary entry ban on international cruise ships to help contain the spread of the new coronavirus, government officials said Monday. The announcement came amid growing concerns about luxury liners’ vulnerability to the highly contagious virus as passengers and crew spend days or weeks together [...]
SEOUL/YEONGJONGDO, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — With the entry ban taking effect Tuesday against non-Korean travelers coming from or through China’s Hubei Province, tensions are running high at Incheon International Airport, the gateway to Seoul, where an army of hundreds of customs and health officials are mobilized at the airport’s three “China-only” arrival counters to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Non-Korean travelers coming from or through China’s Hubei province will be denied entry into South Korea starting on Tuesday, as the country is widening efforts to combat the continuing spread of the novel coronavirus. The entry ban applies to all non-Korean travelers who over the past 14 days have [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — An appeals court on Friday reversed its earlier decision and ruled in favor of a Korean-American singer who was banned from entering South Korea in a move that may allow him to finally visit the country for the first time in 17 years. Steve Yoo, better known as Yoo [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The military manpower agency pledged Monday to continue to seek measures to prevent attempts at evading mandatory military service by changing nationalities, after the top court’s recent ruling in favor of a Korean-American singer despite suspicion that he dodged his duty. Last week, the Supreme Court ruled that it [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of a Korean-American singer who has been banned from visiting South Korea after winning U.S. citizenship about 17 years ago in an apparent attempt to evade military conscription. The top court said that it is unlawful for the South Korean government [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 26,000 foreigners, including a member of the militant group ISIS, have been blocked from boarding flights to South Korea since the government introduced a passenger screening system last year, justice ministry data showed Wednesday. The screening system, in effect since April last year, is designed to prevent the [...]