Taiwan protested that it was labeled as "China (Taiwan)" on Korea's electronic arrival card and said it would change the "Korea" label on Taiwan's electronic arrival registration form to "South Korea." It also demanded a response by the 31st.
According to Taiwan media including the Central News Agency and Liberty Times on the 22nd (local time), Lin Chia-lung, Taiwan's foreign minister, said in a recent interview, "About 10 years ago, the Korean side asked Taiwan to call 'Hanseong' 'Seoul' and 'South Korea' 'the Republic of Korea,' and we cooperated on all of it, but Korea is ignoring and disregarding Taiwan's requests." He then said he would change the Korea label on the electronic arrival registration form to "KOREA (SOUTH)."
Earlier, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Taiwan had already changed the name "Korea" to "South Korea" on Taiwan's Alien Resident Certificate on the 1st, and on the 18th said it would take the same step for the electronic arrival registration form if there was no positive response by the 31st. Taiwan media said Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has asked Taiwan to hold talks.
On the day, Director General Lin also voiced dissatisfaction with bilateral relations between Korea and Taiwan, citing communication between the two delegations during last year's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Gyeongju. "At the time, the Korean government did not communicate with the Taipei Mission in Korea (Taiwan's embassy in Korea) and conveyed messages indirectly through the Korean Mission in Taipei (Korea's embassy in Taiwan)," he said, adding, "The other side was a bit high up (高高在上)."
He added, "During APEC, Taiwan acted with courtesy regarding some disputes," and said, "In the end, the other side recognized the problem and finally dispatched an official with representative capacity."