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I was at a dinner party recently, and got into a conversation with a U.S. bureaucrat who is directly involved in the visa waiver program.
This person - I promised to not divulge any information about him/her - tells me that the visa waiver will inevitably be expanded to include South Korea. Of course, this is not news for Koreans, many of whom are fascinated with the topic. Just check out the non-stop headlines aobut it in Korean newspapers. (U.S. diplomats stamp more visitor visas in Korea than in any other country.)
What was surprising was my source's candid admission that he/she believes including Korea is a bad idea. One in four Koreans who come to the U.S. on tourist visas overstay and never leave, making the country one of the worst offenders along with Poland, according to this person. South Korea also hasn't made its best efforts to curb human traffiking, this person says.