Taiwan Complains to South Korea About Labeling of Taiwanese Citizens at Korea’s Airports
It is a bit weird that Taiwan is bringing up this issue now when South Korea says the labeling they have been using for Taiwan has been in place since 2004. Did the Taiwanese government just notice this now?:
Taiwan said Wednesday it has changed South Korea’s name in its immigration systems from “Korea” to “South Korea,” in a reciprocal move as Seoul continues to list it as “China (Taiwan)” on its e-arrivals despite its repeated calls for a “correction.”
Taiwan’s foreign ministry also warned that it will take further corresponding measures if it hears no positive response from Seoul by the end of this month.
The ministry said in a statement that the change took effect March 1, with the nationality of South Koreans on its foreign resident certificates now listed as “South Korea,” instead of “Korea.”
It said the measure came as a reciprocal measure, as Seoul has yet to “correct the inappropriate labeling” of the island state in its e-arrival card system.
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