now more and more countries are restricting entry from South Korea due
to fears over the coronavirus Seoul's foreign ministry is working to reduce
the inconvenience caused to Koreans traveling overseas our home yield
reports at least 80 countries or regions within countries are restricting the
entry of people coming from South Korea that is more than 40% of UN member
states who have restricted entry either through stronger quarantine measures or
outright entry bans 36 countries have imposed an entry ban with turkey joining
the group on Sunday in Vietnam one of South Korea's major new southern policy
partner states has stopped visa-free entry for Koreans and imposed a total
entry ban for South Koreans that have departed from or transferred in tegu or
gyeongsang-do province Koreans with visas who are coming from a different
region have to self quarantine for two weeks this decision comes right after
Seoul's foreign minister kang dongwon and her Vietnamese counterpart discussed
the issue over the phone Seoul's foreign ministry has also lodged a complaint
over Viet Nam's unannounced ban on Korean flights landing in that country
an Asiana Airlines flight was turned back while enroute to Hanoi on Saturday
after authorities there refused to let the plane land the ministry summoned the
vietnamese ambassador to Seoul to complain about the inconvenience cost
and 44 other countries along with some parts of China have strengthened their
entrance screening procedures kazahstan in Nigeria are the latest to up their
screenings Nigeria is conducting a self quarantine for foreigners coming in from
South Korea China Italy Iran and Japan in response to a growing number of
countries restricting the enter of people travelling from South Korea the
foreign ministry is reassuring countries by informing them transparently about
the government measures to combat kovat 19 for instance foreign minister Kang
Yong Hwa's spoke with her counterpart from Canada on Monday to assure Canada
that South Korea is doing its utmost to contain the spread Canada has so far not
imposed restrictions and travelers from South Korea who knew Eddie renews