Taiwan, Korea and international driver’s license mutual recognition
Celebration poster with ‘Chinese cabbage kimchi’ posted
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Taiwan posted a poster with cabbage kimchi at the signing of a memorandum of understanding for mutual recognition of international driver’s licenses. / Photo = Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Facebook page
Taiwan celebrated the signing of a memorandum of understanding for mutual recognition of international driver’s licenses with Korea by posting a poster with cabbage kimchi on social media.
Earlier, on the 17th (Korean time), Korea and Taiwan finally signed the MOU for mutual recognition of international driver’s licenses. Accordingly, procedures have been simplified, such as being able to drive if you have an international driver’s license issued by your home country before visiting the other country.
On the 18th, the Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the signing of an international driver’s license mutual recognition agreement with Korea through official social media accounts such as Facebook and Instagram, and posted a poster with cabbage kimchi.
The poster contains a picture of kimchi along with the English expression ‘KIMCHI’. Recently in some parts of China, anti-Chinese sentiment has spread in Korea following claiming that the origin of kimchi is ‘pao chai’, a Chinese-style pickled vegetable dish, and the Taiwanese government publicly announced that ‘Kimchi is Korea’s suzerain’ and tried to win the hearts of Koreans. is interpreted as
“In recent years, Taiwan and South Korea have experienced significant growth in mutual exchanges such as economy, trade and tourism,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Taiwan said. Exchanges have become frequent enough to exceed 10,000 people,” he said.
Kim Hyun-deok, reporter at Hankyung.com khd9987@hankyung.com
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