China suspends short-term visas for South Korea visitors in spat over COVID curbs

BEIJING, 11 January 2023, (TON): China began retaliating on Tuesday against South Korea and Japan, two of the countries which have imposed COVID-19 curbs on travellers from China, the last major economy to reopen its borders after three years of isolation.

China’s embassy in Seoul said it has suspended the issuance of short-term visas for visitors from South Korea.

Japan’s Kyodo news agency reported that Beijing has imposed similar measures against Japan.

China reopened its borders on Sunday, removing the last major restriction that was part of a “zero-COVID” regime which it abruptly began dismantling in early December after historic protests against the curbs.

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