Korean Pharmacy Foreigners: What’s Off Limits (And What You Can Actually Buy)

Foreign woman at a Korean pharmacy counter navigating medicine options — a situation korean pharmacy foreigners encounter regularly in Seoul

You walk in. The green cross sign is lit, the shelves are full, and the pharmacist looks like they’re ready to help. A Korean pharmacy foreigners visit for the first time feels reassuringly normal — until you ask for something and it doesn’t exist here, or it turns out to need a prescription you don’t … Read more