Time Zone
GMT +9 hours.
Language Spoken
Korean , English
Passport/ VISA
A valid passport is required. A visa is not needed for a tourist visit of up to three months for holders of British passport endorsed British Citizen or British National (Overseas) passport, issued in Hong Kong. Other passport holders, and business travellers, must obtain a visa..
Climate
The nature of Korea's climate is defined by its midlatitudinal location and peninsular configuration, as well as its position as an appendage to the world's largest continent, Asia, and is influenced more by the continent than the ocean. Korea has a humid, East Asian monsoonal climate. The mean temperature during winter is generally below freezing. The mean temperature in January in Seoul is 3.5 degrees C. below freezing, while that of London is 4.6 degrees C. above freezing, and that of San Francisco is 10.1 degrees C. Summer in Korea is hot. In most of the country, the mean temperature of hottest month is above 25 degrees C. except in the northern interior. |
