What are the restrictions on bringing medicine, vitamins, and supplements into South Korea?

Question

If someone is moving to South Korea, are they restricted as to what they can bring in? ...and is the quantity restricted?

For example, can someone bring in a year's supply of vitamins and minerals? How about a year's supply of prescription allergy medication? Or a year's supply of an herbal supplement, like St. John's Wort (which would be over 1,000 capsules)?

Thanks.

Answer 1

i live in south korea

and my family have no problem, people do it all the time, mailing it here, too. you won't get in trouble. you have to ship it though, mail or something. can't bring it on the plane!

but you can't bring a years supply! they might think your doing some black market stuff, that is taken very seriously here. so if you bring alot, to last you a year, you will get in trouble, but if those 1,000 capsules is in like one container, then you'll be good, but you can't come in bring like 20 containers of medicine!