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In the context of the coming G-20 Summit in Seoul the S.K. gov't is preparing (starting from tomorrow) new, 'sophisticated' measures to discriminate against visitors from abroad (i.e. "third world" foreigners/potential migrant workers)...

For more please "enjoy" the following piece, published in yesterday's (bourgeois) Korea Times:

Suspicious visitors to be fingerprinted from Wed.

Starting Wednesday, foreign nationals suspected of using fake identities to enter the country or whose purpose of visiting Korea is suspicious will have their fingerprints(*) scanned and face photographed at all 22 international airports and harbors in the country.

The move is intended to tighten security ahead of the G20 summit to be held in Seoul in November.

This is the first in a three-phased initiative to screen for “suspicious” foreign visitors by matching their biometric information with that of “blacklisted” people, the Ministry of Justice said Monday...

The legal grounds were reinstated early this month ― the law was scrapped in 2003 over fears of human rights infringement.

Those affected by the lowest level of screening are people whose identity is similar to that of an international terrorist...

For instance, those who transit other cities before coming to Korea or who buy a one-way ticket to Korea in cash are among those deemed suspicious.

“Cash is hardly ever used to buy flight tickets,” said Ahn Gyu-seok, a spokesman for the Korea Immigration Service. “We suspect that those who do so are attempting to prevent the authorities from tracking cash flows.”

Those who are not proficient in the language of the state of origin stipulated in their passport, and who lack basic knowledge about the country will also be questioned, the ministry said...

Officials did not elaborate on the guidelines for security concerns...

 
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2010/08/117_72265.html

* In another blog someone added: "Nothing says ‘Welcome to my country you filthy foreign scum’ quite like being fingerprinted at customs..."