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[kara_gina]

Are malaria tablets needed if you're in the Seoul area? If you're going for a year, surely you can't be taking tablets for malaria every day? I've also heard a mixed fuss about what different shots you need... Although none seem to be necessary, are there any that someone would recommend getting so I can avoid the typical tourist fuss about it

[chris_J2]

Short answer, no. Every summer, the trucks come around, & spray copious amounts of insecticide around. I used to live right next to the DMZ, btw. DPRK does have malaria. But Mosquitoes don't recognise international borders. Hence the spraying.

[Corky]

This isn't Cambodia.

You don't need that at all. Nor Typhoid or Cholera.

Get the hep shots though. As many as you can.

[kara_gina]

Great, thanks for the advice

[rD.NaTas]

doesnt hurt to get a TB test before you come

[SeoulShakin]

Before I came here my doctor said that in Seoul, malaria pills aren't necessary since it's such a developed area. He said once I got here, should I decide to spend excess amounts of time in the countryside, or travel to a country where malaria is more prevalent, malaria pills are available in seoul for likely cheaper than they would be at home.

Took his advice, and I'm not dead.

[nicholas_chiasson]

-You've got to be kidding me...right? MALARIA TABLETS IN SEOUL? DOES IT LOOK LIKE CAMBODIA?!

[chris_J2]

nicholas_chiasson

As I stated before, North Korea DOES have malaria. And there are malarial mosquitoes that make their way across the DMZ / border, only to be asphixiated by the constant pesticide spraying every summer in ROK. But malaria south of, & including Seoul? Forget it.