South Korea petition seeks to scrap visa-free entry for Chinese citizens, over 50,000 sign
A petition posted on South Korea's National Assembly consent petition site on Aug 31 calls for banning Chinese nationals from entering the country and tightening screening and crime management for all foreigners, drawing more than 50,000 signatures. It cites statistics showing 35,296 foreign criminal suspects in South Korea in 2024, up 6.8% from the previous year, and points to violent cases involving Chinese nationals on Jeju Island.