Korea has announced some exemptions to its quarantine policy for international travelers. The rules are a bit confusing. Today’s vocabulary list will help you understand the details of the policy better.



Vocabulary list:

  • 백신 접종 완료자 - (n) fully vaccinated individual
  • 격리 면제 - (n) exemption from quarantine
  • 국외 출장 - (n) overseas business trip
  • 학술적 - (det) academic
  • 공익적 - (det) public interest
  • 직계 가족 - (n) family members in the direct line of descent (for example, grandparents and parents, parents and children)
  • 존비속 - (n) compound word for ancestor (존속) + descendant (비속)
  • 배우자 - (n) spouse
  • 신청서 - (n) application form
  • 서약서 - (n) written oath
  • 예방접종증명서 - (n) vaccination certificate
  • 재외공관 - (n) diplomatic mission (embassy, consulate)
  • 변이 바이러스 - (n) mutated virus
  • 세계보건기구 - (n) the World Health Organization
  • 코로나19 음성 - (n) COVID-19 negativity
  • 위조하다 - (v) forge, make a counterfeit
  • 변조하다 - (v) 1. change, modify from the original; 2. falsify