South Korean Lawmaker Wants to Implement A Travel Ban to Japan

It is not surprising that Korean lawmakers are all rushing to out do each other on their anti-Japan ideas:

A top ruling party lawmaker said Monday that the government must impose travel bans on large areas in Japan, including Tokyo, citing health risks from high radioactive levels, as a means to counter Japan’s economic retaliations.  

“We need to impose travel bans,” said Rep. Choi Jae-sung of the Democratic Party (DP), chairman of the in-house special committee on countermeasures against Japan’s economic retaliations. “We need to consider [imposing travel bans on] areas including Tokyo.” 

Choi made the recommendation during an interview with MBC radio as he discussed Korea’s possible countermeasures against Japan. In July, Tokyo tightened export restrictions on three materials crucial for Korea’s semiconductor and display productions. 

Last Friday, Tokyo escalated the row further by taking Korea off of its so-called white list of 27 trusted trade partners. 

“I cannot say the specifics of the countermeasures we are currently considering, but there are various options,” Choi said. “And we have non-economic options. Japan is making economic and industrial [attacks], but we can take non-economic measures.” 

Joong Ang Ilbo

You can read more at the link, but I wish someone in the media would ask these politicians why they did not advocate for a travel ban against China which continues its economic retaliation against Korea over the THAAD dispute.