South Korean Visa is not required for Malaysians
Stay Duration: 90 days
Entry Requirements
- Citizens of Malaysia can travel to South Korea for a stay duration of 90 days without applying for a visa.
- Passport of visitors must be valid for six months at the time of entry with one blank page available for entry stamps.
- There are no records of vaccination required for Malaysia citizens visiting South Korea.
- Visitors are required to provide a computer-generated flight itinerary from the airline or a travel agency or copy of airline ticket showing entry and departure from South Korea.
- The Import of weapons, firearms and ammunition even for sporting purpose, requires permission from the police that must be obtained before clearing customs.
- Visitors bringing amphetamines or other prescription narcotics into the country must obtain advance permission in writing from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety.
- Travellers are not required to pay any airport tax upon their departure from the airport.
- A certificate of foreign currencies must be submitted to customs upon departure from the Republic of Korea
- The estimated flight time from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to South Korea is 6 hours, 12 minutes.
- South Korea uses the Korean Standard Time, hence, South Korea is 1 hour ahead of Malaysia.
- Foreigners visiting South Korea are allowed to possess local currency (Korean Won-KRW) up to KRW 8,000,000 upon entry and exit but there are no restrictions on foreign currencies provided the imported sums are declared on arrival.
- Heavy rains and flooding in South Korea are likely to occur during the June to August monsoon season or the May to November typhoon season.
- The South Korean economy is now ranked at the 11th largest economy in the world and the 4th in Asia.
- While Japan is famous for its cherry blossom, South Korea can boast of a great share of the wonder flower.
- South Korea has a total of 12 UNESCO World Heritage Sites and some of the most famous include Changdeokgung Palace Complex, Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes, Historic Villages of Korea: Hahoe and Yangdong, and Gyeongju Historic Areas.
- In South Korean, it is common for people to eat dog meat like chicken, pork, and beef.
- For 14 days in every summer, a mud festival in Boryeong organised normally on the second weekend in July where most people attend the festival.
- South Korea has 20 national parks and popular nature places like the Boseong Tea Fields, Suncheon Bay Ecological Park, and the first national park of Jirisan.
- South Korea tends to have a humid continental climate and a humid subtropical climate and is affected by the East Asian Monsoon with precipitation heavier in summer during a short rainy season called jangma which begins the end of June through the end of July
- South Korea has four distinct seasons; spring, summer, autumn and winter. Spring usually lasts from late March to early May, summer from mid-May to early September, autumn from mid-September to early November, and winter from mid-November to mid-March.
- The two main languages spoken in South Korea are Korean and English.
- A large proportion of the South Korean population has no religious affiliations with a few people practising Christianity, Buddhism, Islam and Cheondoism.