Recently, in order to prevent African swine fever, South Korea has increased its inspection efforts at domestic border checkpoints. People entering the country carrying illegal food will be fined up to US$5,000. Therefore, the overseas labor agency of the Myanmar government issued a statement reminding Myanmar workers who go to South Korea to prohibit carrying any food when entering the country.
Due to the spread of animal diseases in the world, South Korea prohibits people entering the country from bringing any cooked food and fresh fruits. In addition to prohibited and smuggled items, South Korea is particularly sensitive to politics. If it carries books about Korean politics, it will be detained by customs personnel. Like most countries, you can bring 1 bottle of foreign wine and 200 cigarettes when entering South Korea. If the US dollar you carry exceeds 10,000 yuan, you must declare it in advance at the customs.
Deputy Director of the Myanmar Government's Overseas Labor Agency Du Ding Dinglun said that in the past, when Myanmar workers entered South Korea, they would bring shrimp paste and other specialties from their hometowns to South Korea, and the customs would also release them normally. Now even tea and fried beans cannot be brought. In order to help Myanmar workers avoid unnecessary trouble, we issued a document to remind people who go to South Korea to not bring any food into the country, and betel nuts should not be brought.
It is understood that since September 23, South Korean airports have increased their inspections of inbound passengers, and many Myanmar workers who go to South Korea can only leave their food at Yangon International Airport . Data shows that within each month, an average of more than 300 Myanmar workers go to South Korea to work, and an average of 10 people per day.
