South Korea’s presidential office issued an apology on Monday for the confusion caused by the government’s recently announced measures to regulate overseas direct purchases. The policy would have required a Korea Certification (KC) safety mark for 80 product categories. Sung Tae-yoon, the presidential chief of staff for policy, made the apology during a press briefing.

President Yoon Suk-yeol reportedly instructed officials to prevent similar occurrences in the future by strengthening policy reviews, gathering public opinion and communicating with the press. Sung stated that the president did not make the apology himself, as he was not informed during the policy decision process.