I don’t know what’s better; your posts, or your comment section.

Come on! Even the ajummas know what a line is: it’s that thing that gets in their way when they’re pushing to the front.

First, the passports are capable of carrying biometric data.

Second, that was only one of a number of forgery-proofing measures taken for the new passports.

Third, I believe there are international standards for reading the material inside the passports. The United States, as I mentioned, has required this kind of thing for countries to have visa-free status.

And to spell this out for Shingles: this is an example of showing how the Korean government was responsible, in part, for what has long been a common complaint about ROK-US relations, the lack of reciprocated visa-free entry.

Ah, people just see what they want to see and filter out the rest. I could point out at least three major posts on blog that have some uber-nationalistic Koreans convinced that I’m Korea bashing. And Shingles sees a swipe at atrocity deniers and suggests I’m surreptitiously bashing the entire country of Japan.

Are they using passports issued from May this year? If not, then NO they are not using the current versions. The ROK government has done a major overhaul to remedy this (see article link).

On the other hand, if these are the NEW passports, then there is a big problem (see article link).

Its a fact Kushibo, and a problem, otherwise the Fins, and many many ohter nations no doubt, would not be dealing with it the way they do.

Shingles, I don’t know what is worse about you, that you have a hard-on for going after me or that you run off at the mouth without actually reading and/or comprehending what I wrote.

I’ll bold-face it for you so you won’t have to look up too many words:The introduction of non-forgeable passports is much belated according to officials, as most advanced countries have already adopted similar systems.

“Until now, Korean passports have been one of the most popular around the world, which is quite shameful, Lee told reporters. “They have been traded on the black market as they are easy to forge and enjoy a visa-waiver status with a large number of countries.”

South Korea is currently on the visa-waiver lists of about 70 nations. According to the ministry and the national police, a single passport can fetch up to 10 million won.

“Some 70,000 South Korean passports are believed to be lost or stolen each year and traded on the black market,” a ministry official said. “The new features will drastically reduce the forgery and falsification of passports.”

He added the new passport, having a magnetic strip, will also help reduce the time needed to depart and enter the country.

Somehow, every subject about Korea, after Kushibos comments, turns in to a comment about somthing bad american has done.

You are mental. Your post was the first one after mine. And if these threads take a “something bad America has done” turn, it’s because you’ve got some mutated Sixth Sense where you see America bashing where it isn’t.

Then often topic is hijacked. (not that Kushibo is the only one to do this, Nulji and others manages to do their best too)

Dude, look in a mirror.