South Korea travel health
Required is not recommended: the first is what the border asks about, the second is what a clinic would suggest. Both, for South Korea, then the number to dial and what care costs a visitor. Applies to every guide in South Korea: Seoul, Busan, Jeju, Gyeongju, Seoraksan & Sokcho.
Required to enter
Nothing. No vaccination certificate is asked for at the border.
Recommended
- Routine vaccinations up to date
- Hepatitis A
Emergency number
119 for fire and ambulance, 112 for police
Care for visitors
Excellent and cheap
Excellent, fast and surprisingly affordable even without insurance — a specialist consultation without cover often costs less than a co-payment elsewhere. Large hospitals have international clinics with English-speaking staff.
The general rules — clinic timing, water, mosquitoes, insurance — are in travel health tips.
The guides in South Korea
SeoulSouth KoreaPalaces, street food, and relentless energy
BusanSouth KoreaKorea’s port city: beaches in the middle of it, the largest fish market in the country, and a hillside village painted every colour
JejuSouth KoreaA volcanic island of black rock and green tea, with women who have dived for shellfish for centuries
GyeongjuSouth KoreaA thousand years of Silla capital spread through a small city, with royal tombs rising out of the parks
Seoraksan & SokchoSouth KoreaGranite spires and autumn colour two hours from Seoul, with a fishing port and a cable car below them