Conflicting info about visa-free South Korea countries?
I was wondering which countries are OK for visa-free tourism to South Korea. Particularly just USA and UK.
Strangely, I found it hard to find decisive information!
Click here -
https://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/TRV/TV_ENG_2_1.jsp
Notice it does not (!) list United Kingdom in the "Designated Countries.." box.
Conversely click here -
https://www.hikorea.go.kr/pt/en/info/popup/icis/VisaWaiver_pop.htm
Notice it does not list the USA (!)
Further: in fact it's really unclear to me if thes are official Korean government -supplied web sites?
Specific Questions
Where exactly is the most official web page from some part of the Sth Korean government, showing the list of visa-free tourism countries? As of April 2019 specifically.1
Is it absolutely a fact that both USA and UK are visa-free? (I guess, we'd have to know (1) to have the answer to (2), unless someone has another absolutely-certain information route.)
Ideally as well as the USA/UK facts, I'd like the exact complete list (per April 2019), but I guess that would come from (1) also.
My googlefu is pretty good but I've completely drawn a blank on this basic quest! :O
1I guess there could conceivably be some hoo-ha in relation to Brexit?
Best Answer
Do you mean which countries a South Korean citizen can visit, without a visa? Wikipedia has an article, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_South_Korean_citizens which lists the visa requirements for S Koreans, for each country. The list should be up-to-date, but it would be wise to check with the countries you are interested in visiting.
There is also the reverse article, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_policy_of_South_Korea which gives the visa requirements for visiting South Korea.
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This is the official U.K. site https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/south-korea/entry-requirements and this for the US https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/International-Travel-Country-Information-Pages/SouthKorea.html
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