Korea's open-pharmacy finder has no English search, 1339 stopped finding pharmacies in 2012, and convenience stores stock 11 medicines, not the 13 listed.
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Paperwork
Entry rules, registrations and the forms nobody warns you about.
- Open pharmacy in Korea at night: 120 finds one, not 1339Verified
- Incheon Airport prayer rooms are past security, not in arrivalsVerified
Incheon Airport's 2026 list names five prayer rooms, all past security. The Terminal 2 basement room an English guide still lists is gone from it.
- The visaforkorea domains follow no single naming ruleVerified
The Ministry of Justice links seventeen Korea visa centre sites under two different names, and leaves out eight more that are open. Checked 17 September 2026.
- Korean emergency numbers: which interpreter desk is open at 3amVerified
Only two numbers can send a vehicle, and the staffed interpreters behind them cover two languages. 1330 lists eight, four of them 08:00 to 19:00 only.
- For Filipinos, Korea dropped the bank statement, not the certificateVerified
Korea's Manila visa centre waived the three-month bank statement. The bank certificate stayed, and the embassy and the centre publish different lists.
- Taiwan to Korea: there are two immigration lines, not oneVerified
A Taiwan passport gets 90 days visa-free and no K-ETA until 31 December 2026. Korea also runs an auto-gate scheme for Taiwan that a residence card cancels.
- Japan's 90 days in Korea is reciprocity, not a treatyVerified
Korea's foreign ministry prints a basis beside every visa-free nationality. Singapore's reads treaty. Japan's reads reciprocity, and the two do not move alike.
- Korea's visa-free entry for Chinese groups runs to DecemberVerified
The published plan still says the scheme ended on 30 June 2026. It was extended to 31 December, in a Prime Minister readout rather than in the plan.
- Layovers in Korea: the 30-day door and the 24-hour cliffVerified
Staying airside needs nothing. Leaving the airport is several separate schemes, one of which gives visa nationals 30 days, and they split at 24 hours.
- Korea visa from Vietnam: why filing it yourself is the slow wayVerified
Korea's embassy in Hanoi screens an individual tourist application in 16 working days and a designated agency's in 6, and publishes the table that says so.
- K-ETA in 2026: Korea's own pages disagree on who is exemptVerified
The temporary K-ETA exemption runs to 31 December 2026. Which passports it covers depends on which Korean government page you open, and they do not match.
- Jeju's visa-free entry is a permit for Jeju, not for KoreaVerified
Jeju admits most nationalities without a visa for 30 days. The permission covers Jeju only, and a court ruling shows what trying to leave costs.
- Korea's e-Arrival Card: why the K-ETA waiver leaves you filing itVerified
Who must file Korea electronic arrival card, who is excused, and why the K-ETA exemption is the one thing that does not get you out of the form.
- Korea visa from Indonesia: what to apply for and how long it takesVerified
Indonesian passports need a visa, not K-ETA. The embassy says a standard application is collected on the ninth day after you apply, seven for C-3 multiple.
