Quarantine officials seen preparing for a PCR test for travelers arriving from China in COVID-19 testing station at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, on January 2, 2023. South Korea started requiring COVID-19 testing for arrivals from China at Incheon International Airport, the gateway to South Korea

china has suspended giving a few visas for South Korea and Japan in Beijing's most memorable reprisal against Coronavirus related controls on Chinese explorers.

Chinese offices in South Korea will quit giving transient visas for visits, business, the travel industry, clinical consideration, travel and individual matters from Tuesday, the Chinese Consulate in Seoul said in an explanation. The suspension will be changed assuming South Korea eliminates its "discriminative inbound prohibitive measures" focusing on China, it added.