정부, 16개국 여행경보 조정…부르키나파소↑ 스페인↓<br /><br />South Korea has readjusted its travel alerts on 16 countries around the world.<br />According to Seoul's foreign ministry, the government raised the travel alert on several areas in Burkina Faso from level 2 to level 3, advising all South Koreans to leave. <br />It follows the kidnapping of a South Korean traveler in the country in mid-April, who was rescued through French operations a month later.<br />Seoul also raised the travel alert on a few areas in Nigeria, Djibouti and Ethiopia from level 2 to 3, due to frequent attacks and violent crimes.<br />Myanmar's Rakhine State received the highest travel warning of level 4, due to armed forces' attacks last month.<br />Travel alerts on Belgium and Spain's Barcelona were dropped from level 2 to level 1, thanks to the local authorities' counter-terrorism activities. <br />