CHINA MOMENTARILY SHUNS ENTRY FOR FOREIGN NATIONALS FROM CANADA

• China momentarily suspends most foreign nationals travelling from Canada.
• This has been put into force because of the Covid-19 situation that warrantees, ‘all foreign nationals who hold valid Chinese residence permits are not allowed to enter. This was reiterated by the C...

JAPAN GOVT. SUSPENDS ENTRY OF ALL NONRESIDENT FOREIGN NATIONALS

Highlights –

• Japan govt. suspends entry of all non-resident foreign nationals.
• The measure has been taken in an effort to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.
• Japanese and resident foreigners will require signing a pledge upon ar...

CHINESE AND AMERICANS SURPASS NATIVES OF KOREA IN PROPERTY OWNERSHIP

• From the beginning of 2017 until the end of May of this year, an incredulous number of 23,219 foreign nationals have purchased apartments in South Korea, with the number of entities reaching 23,167.
• This data was disclosed by the National Tax Service as it announced plans to cu...

SEOUL LIFTS FREE-VISA REGIME TO COUNTRIES IMPOSING BAN ON FELLOW-KOREANS

• South Korea will lift free visa entry to countries that imposed ban on fellow Koreans in the follow-through to COVID-19 impact.
• There are 88 countries which fall under this purview with U.S., UK and Mexico as exclusions.

South...

JAPAN INCLUDES FOREIGN CITIZENS UNDER TRAVEL BAN

Highlights:

• COVID-19 cases have increased in China’s Zhejiang province
• Japan considers denying entry to foreign tourists who visited the Eastern China province

Japan has banned entry of Chinese citizens from the Hubei province....