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My wife and I are visiting Korea in mid-October and are making up our packing list. I've been seeing a lot of information about prescription medications and the rigamarole necessary to bring in a supply for personal use. The US State Department says "Just carry your prescription and the meds in original packaging," the US Embassy says "Visitors must bring the original prescriptions, a letter from your doctor specifying the medical condition, and a statement from your doctor on the medicines you are importing" whatever the hell that means, a bunch of various websites say that you need a special form from the Korean FDA but Google is turning up nothing on the Korean FDA website that looks even remotely relevant. If we bring the following for a ten day visit:
 What's the right way to bring these in?
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Hi Goons, Goon meet in Seoul Sunday Oct 16? Quick questions - how common is Kakao/Line pay/contactless pay/apple pay? And are late night taxi drivers honest by the meter or do I need to use some taxi/uber app? Lurker HK goon here. Last few years have been terrible and a giant haze  It has been many many years since we visited Seoul and a direct flight back to our imaginary ancestral home of Japan is too expensive. $1700 USD for a 3 hour flight  Anyways, here's our short Itinerary, can someone please have a look? and for the last 3 years we never left took a plane so we are kind of rustySat Oct 15:
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Anyways, appreciate any feedback, thanks guys. Im sorry Korean goons for skipping on Korea after all these years  Looking at google maps and all these YOUTUBE VIDEOS - it seems like Seoul and rest of East Asia have progressed a lot, matured quite a bit and cleaned up. Seoul seemed to have upped their city planning game and the reduction of trash group tourists post THAAD seems to have made Seoul a better place to visit.
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Sep 29, 2022 15:22
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csammis posted:My wife and I are visiting Korea in mid-October and are making up our packing list. I've been seeing a lot of information about prescription medications and the rigamarole necessary to bring in a supply for personal use. The US State Department says "Just carry your prescription and the meds in original packaging," the US Embassy says "Visitors must bring the original prescriptions, a letter from your doctor specifying the medical condition, and a statement from your doctor on the medicines you are importing" whatever the hell that means, a bunch of various websites say that you need a special form from the Korean FDA but Google is turning up nothing on the Korean FDA website that looks even remotely relevant. Are you white and American? Do you look poor? Serious answer: As long as you and your wife dont look like sketchy drug traffickers you should be fine. Wait isn't Zoloft used to treat depression? And the food in Korea is mostly red coloured spice with lots of meat/booze. Are you guys going to be ok traveling?
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Sep 29, 2022 15:33
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Wonton posted:
You risk a fairly hefty fine. You have to upload the results to an immigration site that's attached to your passport and arrival info. I'm pretty sure you'd be found out on your outbound trip at the latest. The test costs like 70k for tourists at the airport which is a bummer, but it's a lot cheaper than the fines and the whole thing takes less than five minutes, so it won't mess with your schedule. 백곰 is a solid mak bar near Sinsa, since you asked for mak reservations. It's a somewhat fancier deal than your typical mak spot and has a huge selection. Lines can be long though. The Suwon Fortress is definitely a good idea. It's one of the nicest locations of its type in the country. If you want to hit a palace, I think 창경궁 is the nicest in my opinion. Nothing is really locked down anymore, your info is a few months old. Museums, cultural spots, etc. are all open. You can go anywhere and the hours are normal. Indoor masks are the only restriction remaining. I'd normally be down to meetup, but am unlikely to be in the city that weekend. Hope you have a good visit though.
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Sep 29, 2022 15:48
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Thanks, we will probably just show up and do the test without a reservation. Fingers cross and hope they cancel the requirements. Just read some bad reports (probably not relevant) that tour groups take a while. 백곰 - awesome thanks 창경궁 - Oh you mean 昌慶宮? Yeah, I was looking into the history behind the palaces and this ones seems legit, with a secret garden nearby. My partner was a bit disappointed with the biggest most famous one - but hey it's not about size/age/grandeur. Even though Ancient Korean history started in 1300's - I'm glad Korea is going through some revival phase and can finally rebuild/restore their palaces/history. I wanted to call my KakaoID HangeulLover but it was taken. Times change and I know many of you guys are married/divorced/married again/korean partners, so if we meet, we will be on our BEST BEHAVIOUR My kakao ID is [Burger] * 3 times in a row
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Sep 29, 2022 16:07
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csammis posted:My wife and I are visiting Korea in mid-October and are making up our packing list. I've been seeing a lot of information about prescription medications and the rigamarole necessary to bring in a supply for personal use. The US State Department says "Just carry your prescription and the meds in original packaging," the US Embassy says "Visitors must bring the original prescriptions, a letter from your doctor specifying the medical condition, and a statement from your doctor on the medicines you are importing" whatever the hell that means, a bunch of various websites say that you need a special form from the Korean FDA but Google is turning up nothing on the Korean FDA website that looks even remotely relevant. you'll be fine, no one is going to give a poo poo unless you're carrying a ton of loose pills in a baggie or something. My wife visited her parents last month and brought like a year supply of melatonin for her parents plus her own meds and no one cared
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Sep 29, 2022 16:22
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Wonton posted:Thanks, we will probably just show up and do the test without a reservation. Fingers cross and hope they cancel the requirements. Just read some bad reports (probably not relevant) that tour groups take a while. Today the government announced that they're dropping the arrival PCR tests. Your crossed fingers worked.
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Sep 30, 2022 01:56
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Bugblatter posted:Today the government announced that they're dropping the arrival PCR tests. Your crossed fingers worked. Can you add me in kakao? I’m in the main chat but have no idea on your handle, thx
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Sep 30, 2022 08:08
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Wonton posted:Thanks, we will probably just show up and do the test without a reservation. Fingers cross and hope they cancel the requirements. can you cross your fingers for the won to come back up vs the dollar? I only need like a week to transfer some money back. now, I'm not looking for a monkey's paw thing, so don't be tanking the USD.
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Sep 30, 2022 13:38
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i dont understand the qr code with the test thing, i made a qr code that they scanned at the airport and i booked and took a pcr test but am i supposed to submit the result somewhere or is it automatic also hi i just moved here
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Sep 30, 2022 14:05
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Vaporware posted:can you cross your fingers for the won to come back up vs the dollar? I only need like a week to transfer some money back. now, I'm not looking for a monkey's paw thing, so don't be tanking the USD. Dare I say going up might actually be beneficial for tourists because shrinkflation makes life miserable for everyone.
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Sep 30, 2022 15:12
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Back home now. Had a wonderful time in South Korea. The food was amazing. Pretty cheap too honestly. Exploring Seoul was super fun. Very walkable city and the subways are well connected. Loved the weather. Not too hot and not too cold. Busan was a bit more chilly but still good weather. Nami island was absolutely gorgeous. I wanted to install kakao talk but it wasn’t sending me a verification message, so could never make an account. Should have prepared for it before i left.
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Oct 1, 2022 11:18
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Awesome, thanks goons. Wonton posted:Wait isn't Zoloft used to treat depression? And the food in Korea is mostly red coloured spice with lots of meat/booze. Are you guys going to be ok traveling? Appreciate your concern but yes, we travel just fine. We traveled a lot pre-pandemic - this was actually supposed to be our 10th anniversary trip but October 2020 wasn't exactly primo going-to-Asia time.
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Oct 2, 2022 18:46
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Vaporware posted:can you cross your fingers for the won to come back up vs the dollar? I only need like a week to transfer some money back. now, I'm not looking for a monkey's paw thing, so don't be tanking the USD. Crap I think it went lower
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Oct 5, 2022 09:22
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Bugblatter posted:Today the government announced that they're dropping the arrival PCR tests. Your crossed fingers worked. How far are you? If not too far we can leave seoul. We are planning on the Suwon or going to the greater Seoul area
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Oct 5, 2022 09:23
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Wonton posted:Crap I think it went lower Its OK, this kind of cycle happens regularly. for instance when I try to send money to korea or return from korea, then the won will die on the vine and lose 20% of its value. It will pop back up to $1:W1000 as soon as I want to buy something in won or travel to korea.
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Oct 5, 2022 15:14
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Vaporware posted:Its OK, this kind of cycle happens regularly. for instance when I try to send money to korea or return from korea, then the won will die on the vine and lose 20% of its value. It will pop back up to $1:W1000 as soon as I want to buy something in won or travel to korea.
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Oct 5, 2022 16:06
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Tell me when you want to transfer money back pls. Or maybe you can my shining beacon for buying bitcoin. Btw are you in Seoul?
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Oct 5, 2022 16:21
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Located in Atlanta, I just have family in korea and try to support them. And even if I was in korea I spent 95% of my time in dongducheon. Sorry you're going to have to wait at least 4-5 months before we even start thinking about travelling again. Still trying to think of a way to pay off the trip this year that was 5 figures and a medical emergency.
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Oct 5, 2022 16:56
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is there any online shop thats like an amazon equivalent that has an english version or am i just gonna have to stumble my way through with google translate
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Oct 6, 2022 09:01
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The gmarket global app is mostly English and ships to Korea
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Oct 6, 2022 09:30
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Coupang
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Oct 6, 2022 17:39
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there's no english version of coupang. if you need english i think you're stuck with gmarket or 11st
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Oct 9, 2022 01:51
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English keyword searches on coupang do yield results and the checkout system is pretty easy to figure out 
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Oct 9, 2022 14:57
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ill stumble through it eventually but im protesting by not learning any hangul until they give me my ARC
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Oct 10, 2022 11:48
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About to take off hope my plane don’t crash. I’m bummed i can’t buy the 72 hours discover seoul pass anymore. Was planning to used the last 71 hour of the pass to activate my AREX ticket
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Oct 15, 2022 03:15
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https://m.hani.co.kr/arti/society/society_general/1062791.html Kakaotalk datacenter fire if anyone was wondering if we all ghosted suddenly. Gildiss fucked around with this message at 09:03 on Oct 15, 2022 |
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Oct 15, 2022 08:59
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Seoul station AREX you ducking suck. My destination is city hall but to take line 1 I have to walk forever and wait forever. I could have just walked straight from Seoul station to my hotel. Can’t believe we paid for this 1 station fare
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Oct 15, 2022 09:00
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Gildiss posted:https://m.hani.co.kr/arti/society/society_general/1062791.html Ahh no wonder, thanks.
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Oct 15, 2022 09:00
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 Perfect timing for you Wonton. Wonder how many people in the chat will think to look here. nullscan fucked around with this message at 11:18 on Oct 15, 2022 |
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Oct 15, 2022 11:16
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Yeah man I found out after going to town. Couldn’t text you guys or others. WeChat never fails , you just get censored God drat it, kakao is still down?
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Oct 15, 2022 11:34
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It's still down! Got me out of going out.
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Oct 15, 2022 13:09
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Heard it might be down for multiple days.
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Oct 15, 2022 13:57
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Is kakao up?
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Oct 15, 2022 13:59
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Let’s do this old school. GOON MEET! I’m in hongdae, Tokki bar in ryse closes at 6am, it’s quite laidback here,
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Oct 15, 2022 14:00
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I want to talk about how Kakao is down in Goon Chat but Kakao is down. Then I want to talk about how silly it is that I can't talk about Kakao being down because Kakao is down but I can't because Kakao is down.
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Oct 15, 2022 14:41
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Suddenly all my group chats have moved to IG and man IG is a poo poo chat platform. Notifications are so confusing. This poo poo needs to get fixed.
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Oct 15, 2022 14:47
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Ffffffffff
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Oct 15, 2022 14:56
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Korea is fun, it’s cheap as hell compared to japan. Also kind of fun with the number of north east Chinese here and the Americanization. Sure this country tries hard but hey, got to give effort
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Oct 15, 2022 14:57
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Seoul metro loving blows. Not enough escalators, and the transfers take forever, uggghh, no wonder everyone is in shape because there’s so much unnecessary walking. And the wide streets ugh. Luckily the city is starting to have more green spaces and bike friendly access
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