Taipei: South Korea's move to no longer show Taiwan as part of China on its electronic arrival card system has not ended a dispute over the matter, as Taipei on Tuesday said it will maintain a retaliatory measure against Seoul because of another longstanding slight. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) had protested for months against Seoul's use of a dropdown menu on its new online immigration entry system that listed Taiwan as "China (Taiwan)," but the Korean side did not initially respond positively.
According to Focus Taiwan, Taiwan had reacted to South Korea's initial lack of response by changing South Korea's designation on government-issued Alien Resident Certificates (ARCs) held by South Korean nationals to "South Korea," instead of the official name "Republic of Korea," starting March 1. This change was a direct retaliation to express Taiwan's discontent over the designation issue.
On April 10, South Korea finally removed the "previous departure place" and "next destination" fields with the questionable dropdown menus from its e-arrival card system. Despite South Korea's concession, Taiwan has decided to uphold its retaliatory measure, indicating that the matter is still unresolved from Taipei's perspective due to other ongoing issues in the diplomatic relationship between the two nations.