Lee Myung-bak government
Chōsen-seki individuals cannot obtain a South Korean passport unless they register as South Korean nationals. Historically, they could travel to South Korea with a special travel document issued in Japan, but this practice was curtailed in 2009 under the Lee Myung-bak government. The Moon Jae-in government relaxed travel restrictions for Chōsen-seki individuals in 2017, with Moon stating that "we will normalize visits to their homeland regardless of nationality as a humanitarian gesture."