Korea expands travel alert advising nationals to leave Burkina Faso in West Africa
This image shows the map of Burkina Faso before, left, and after the revision of travel warning, as provided by the foreign ministry, Friday. Yonhap
Korea on Friday raised its travel alert for the capital city and a southwestern city of Burkina Faso in West Africa to a level advising its nationals to leave the country, citing a worsening security situation amid growing terrorist attacks.
A Level 3 travel warning, the second highest of the four-scale alert system, will be applied to the capital Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso in the southwest, starting at 5 p.m. Friday, the foreign ministry said in a release.
The latest travel alert revision for the two cities means a Level 3 warning, which advises South Korean citizens to leave the area and those planning to visit to cancel their trips, will apply to all of Burkina Faso.
The two cities are where the majority of South Korean nationals are staying.