▲ This undated file photo shows Chinese tourists from a cruise ship. (Yonhap)

Chinese national-immigration authorities

Immigration officials nab Chinese national who went missing after entering Incheon port

SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Yonhap) -- Immigration authorities on Friday apprehended a Chinese national who went missing after entering South Korea through the western port of Incheon last month, officials said.

The individual was among six Chinese nationals who disappeared after arriving at the port, just west of Seoul, without a visa on Sept. 29, according to the immigration officials.

The apprehended Chinese national set foot in the country on a cruise ship tourism landing permit, which allows Chinese group tourists to enter South Korea without a visa.

Officials believe the person boarded the cruise ship, Dream, and went missing after going to a fried chicken and beer festival in the port city along with other tourists.

They persuaded the Chinese national to voluntarily turn themselves in through an acquaintance who had helped them in the country. Officials plan to question the person over violations of the immigration law.

"(We) plan to continue activities to track and apprehend the remaining five people," the immigration office said.

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