This is our second hot topic.
There is something that costs 300,000 won in Korea, but only 70,000 won in Japan.
What is it? It is about obesity treatments Mounjaro and Wegovy.
Because the price difference is so large, there has been a recent increase in cases of people being caught trying to illegally bring them in through apps.
The number of illegal import cases of obesity treatments intercepted by the Korea Customs Service reached 4,155 in the first half of this year alone.
This is 3.5 times the total number of detections for the entire last year.
A four-week supply of Mounjaro 2.5 is sold for about 290,000 won even at low-cost medical institutions in Korea.
Meanwhile, it costs around 74,000 won in Japan. On top of that, we currently have a weak yen.
As a result, there is an increasing number of attempts to sneak them into luggage after traveling to Japan.
However, you must keep in mind that unlike over-the-counter medicines, Mounjaro and Wegovy cannot be freely brought into the country just because they were purchased personally overseas.
They fall under harmful pharmaceuticals designated by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety.
Therefore, without a recommendation letter exempting you from import requirement verification, bringing them in is restricted regardless of the quantity.
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