South Korea to add international flights, ease quarantine for overseas arrivals

People wearing face masks to prevent contracting from the coronavirus disease walk at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, on March 25, 2022. (Reuters photo)

SEOUL: South Korea plans to add 230 international flights per week in June and ease mandatory quarantrine rules on overseas entrants as Covid-19 conditions have been contained while the country has returned to normalcy.

During his first meeting of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Friday, Lee Sang-min, the new interior and safety minister, announced that the government will increase international flights by 230 per week in June, according to Pulse.