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South Korea will remove its on-arrival testing requirement from 1 October, making travel completely test-free regardless of vaccination status.

From 3 September, South Korea will eliminate its pre-departure test requirement- although it will retain on-arrival PCR testing.

From 25 July, travellers must take a PCR test within 1 day of arrival, versus 3 days currently. More concerningly, isolation may be required once more.

From 23 May, ARTs will be accepted for pre-departure testing, and from June, travellers may take their on-arrival PCR test within 3 days.

South Korea will reopen to fully vaccinated tourists from 21 March, and make it easier to register overseas vaccinations.

South Korea has suspended the sale of new VTL tickets for travel between 29 Dec 2021 and 21 Jan 2022- but existing ticketholders are safe.

Travellers to South Korea will now need to take pre-departure PCR tests within 48 hours of flying, and do ART swabs on days 3 & 5.

South Korea has announced that travellers from Singapore will still be able to enter without quarantine, despite tightened border measures.