COVID-19 Information for cooperation with South Korea

Last update: 30 April 2021

General situation

• Overview website regarding COVID-19 in South Korea
• Covid-19 Response (including the procedure for incoming foreign nationals)
• Cases in South Korea (latest updates)
• Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA)

Cultural & creative sector  

• Report published by the Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) regarding its response to the COVID-19 pandemic: the impact on and the measures to support the cultural sector. The MCST aims to ensure free creative activities of artists and to create a safe environment for cultural consumption. 

Cultural & creative initiatives between the Netherlands and South Korea

• The Netherlands and South Korea: co-create tomorrow (60th year anniversary of diplomatic ties)
• Sharing Dutch experience of the cultural sector against the challenges brought by COVID-19 at 2021 Arts Council Korea (ARKO) International Online Symposium

Dutch diplomatic missions in South Korea

• The Dutch embassy in South Korea informs about the local situation in South Korea via the website, as well as via the information service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and for cultural affairs via the website Dutch Culture Korea.

Travel advice

• Latest travel advice to South Korea | Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• The Dutch ministry of Foreign Affairs has developed a mobile application for travel advice. By downloading this app (information in Dutch), you will receive updates if the travel recommendations for your country changes.

If you have specific questions related to your project in this country, please contact our advisor South Korea i.yang@dutchculture.nl. For general questions you can get in touch with our Mobility Info Point: infopoint@dutchculture.nl.

See here for more information on South Korea in the International Cultural Policy and the database with Dutch cultural activities internationally.

We make every effort to display and update the information on this page as correctly as possible. This information is not legally binding.