Where To Test

Sexual health clinics in South Korea

We list government-funded community centres with free, anonymous rapid HIV tests, including a service set up for foreigners with an English website, and the international clinic of a university hospital in Seoul where foreign patients pay and claim from their own insurance. The free services are described as for foreigners living in Korea and do not mention short-term visitors either way. For PEP, go to a hospital emergency department and ask what it costs.

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Good to know in South Korea

What visitors pay

KHAP, the government-funded HIV prevention centre for foreigners, says PrEP in Korea is prescribed at designated hospitals and is subsidised only for people enrolled in National Health Insurance. Without insurance it costs roughly 400,000 won a month, plus the hospital's test fees. Ask about prices for STI testing and PEP before your visit.

Testing

Korea's disease control agency (KDCA) funds two community programmes with free, anonymous rapid HIV and STI testing: KHAP's HIV prevention support centre for foreigners (Itaewon and Gireum in Seoul, Ansan and Busan, with weekend sessions) and the iSHAP centres for gay men (Jongno and Itaewon in Seoul, and Busan, where both share one centre in Beomil-dong). In Seoul, the city government says all 25 district public health centres run free, anonymous rapid HIV tests for anyone regardless of where they live, on weekdays, with a result in about 20 minutes; its page does not mention foreigners or interpreters.

City pages carry the local detail: which clinic, which hospital, and what it costs there.

PrEP in South Korea: none of our listed clinics says it supplies PrEP. It can also be ordered for delivery from PrEP Online.