▲ Prime Minister Kim Min-seok, currently visiting China, shakes hands with Premier Li Qiang of the State Council ahead of their meeting at the Bangchuidao Hotel in Dalian, China, on June 23.
Visa-free entry for Chinese tourists to South Korea is expected to be extended by six months until the end of this year.
It was reported that Prime Minister Kim Min-seok mentioned the six-month extension of the visa-free period during a meeting with Chinese Premier Li Qiang held in Dalian, China, today (June 23).
An official from the Prime Minister's Office stated that during the discussion on bilateral people-to-people exchanges at today's meeting, Prime Minister Kim brought up the visa-free extension measure.
The official explained that while expressing a desire to expand people-to-people exchanges, the Prime Minister conveyed that the visa-free policy for Chinese tourists, which was set to expire at the end of June, has been extended until the end of December.
The temporary visa-free measure for Chinese group tourists, which has been in effect since September 29 of last year, was scheduled to end at the end of this month.
(Photo: Yonhap News)
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