SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A string of major K-pop concerts have been called off or postponed in Japan as mutual entry restrictions by South Korea and Japan went into force early Monday. South Korea and Japan’s visa waiver programs for nationals from each other were suspended at the start of Monday amid outbreaks [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and Japan began enforcing entry restrictions against each other’s citizens ostensibly over new coronavirus concerns Monday, casting a pall over their relations already frayed by a protracted row over trade and wartime history. Tokyo suspended its visa waiver program for South Koreans and started asking them to [...]
SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean companies said Friday they are on high alert after many countries around the globe have imposed entry restrictions on travelers from South Korea over the novel coronavirus outbreak. According to Seoul’s foreign ministry, more than 100 countries and territories were restricting entry or imposing tougher quarantine procedures [...]
SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band Super Junior on Friday indefinitely put off its Japanese concerts after the neighboring country announced a plan to introduce quarantine measures for travelers from South Korea. Tokyo has announced that travelers coming from South Korea and China will be asked to stay at designated facilities for [...]
SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Japan’s entry restrictions for visitors from South Korea are dealing another blow to airlines and travel agencies already hit by the fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak, the companies said Friday. Local airlines and travel agencies have been struggling with a sharp decline in air travel demand for more than a month [...]
SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The foreign ministry on Friday expressed “extreme regret” over Japan’s two-week quarantine plan for visitors from South Korea over new coronavirus concerns, warning of “all possible” corresponding measures. Vice Foreign Minister Cho Sei-young plans to summon Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Koji Tomita to officially lodge a protest over [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — With the spread of the coronavirus outbreak raising alarm across the country, regular Wednesday demonstrations demanding that Japan apologize for its wartime sexual slavery, protests that have been held continuously since 1992 have also been affected. On Wednesday, for the first time ever, the Korean Council for Justice and [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of countries imposing entry bans on travelers who recently visited South Korea’s southeastern city of Daegu and the nearby county of Cheongdo is on the rise, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Wednesday, following a spike in confirmed novel coronavirus cases there. Earlier in the day, Japan approved the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Demands for protective face masks continue to increase as the coronavirus spreads worldwide, and countries such as China, Japan, and the United States are scrambling to purchase Korean masks, known for their exceptional quality. Masks made in Korea are known as KF masks overseas. KF refers to the ‘Korea [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will bar foreigners to be released from a quarantined cruise ship off Japan from entering the country, a senior Seoul official said Wednesday, as Japanese authorities are scheduled to end the vessel’s quarantine over the coronavirus. In a press briefing, Noh Hong-in, an official of the central [...]