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Koreans came a step closer to visa-free travel to the U.S. on Friday, when Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan signed a memorandum of understanding with U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff.
Yu and Chertoff signed the MOU at Customs and Border Protection, an agency of Homeland Security, at the Ronald Reagan Building on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington.
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Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan shakes hands with U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff after signing a memorandum of understanding on South Korea joining the U.S. visa waiver program at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington on Friday. /Yonhap
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¡°After the two countries finish legal procedures, Korean people will be able to travel to the U.S. without visas soon,¡± Yu said at the event.
Based on the MOU, the two sides will conclude an agreement by August on what information South Korean travelers' electronic passports will carry. South Koreans will then be able to travel to the U.S. without entry visas and stay for up to 90 days as early as the end of this year.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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