🚬 Smoking Areas in South Korea
⚠️ Rules & fines
- Smoking in a no-smoking zone can get you an on-the-spot fine of up to ₩100,000 (about US$70), tourists included.
- Vapes and heated tobacco (IQOS, glo) count as smoking. Since 2026 that includes liquid and synthetic-nicotine e-cigarettes too.
- No smoking inside restaurants, cafés, bars, PC rooms or any large building.
- Cities add outdoor no-smoking zones on top: bus stops, parks, plazas and some whole streets. Each city's own no-go spots are listed under that city.
- No smoking within 30 m of kindergartens and daycare centers, or 50 m of school entrances.
🚬 Smoking Areas in Seoul
Smoking is only allowed in designated spots — anywhere else risks an on-the-spot fine.
- Within 10 m of any subway entrance or bus stop in Seoul.
- Seoul Station plaza and the roads around it (no-smoking since June 2025) — only Korail's own smoking booths are allowed.
- Seoul Plaza, Cheonggye Plaza and Gwanghwamun Plaza.
- The Gangnam-daero sidewalks (Sinnonhyeon to Gangnam Station) and Teheran-ro are no-smoking streets.
- Hongdae's Red Road has no designated smoking booth (as of Aug 2026).
Incheon Airport – Terminal 1
Indoor smoking room
After security: smoking rooms in the departure gate areas. Before security: outdoor smoking areas outside the terminal exits only — there's no indoor room landside.
Incheon Airport – Terminal 2
Indoor smoking room
After security: smoking rooms in the 3F duty-free gate area (e.g. near Gate 264, open 24 hours), plus a separate e-cigarette lounge. Before security: follow the smoking-area signs to the terminal exits.
Gangnam Station – open-air smoking facility
Smoking booth
Seocho-gu's air-curtain smoking facility on the back street Seocho-daero 78-gil, on the Seocho side of Gangnam Station (opened 2025).
Spots move and close — always look for the smoking-area sign before you light up.
🚬 Smoking Areas in Gyeongju
Smoking is only allowed in designated spots — anywhere else risks an on-the-spot fine.
We haven't verified any smoking spots in Gyeongju yet — use the map search below.
Spots move and close — always look for the smoking-area sign before you light up.
🚬 Smoking Areas in Busan
Smoking is only allowed in designated spots — anywhere else risks an on-the-spot fine.
Busan Station
Smoking booth
The station's only designated smoking spot: an outdoor booth on your left as you leave by Exit 1, near the taxi stand.
Spots move and close — always look for the smoking-area sign before you light up.
🚬 Smoking Areas in Jeju
Smoking is only allowed in designated spots — anywhere else risks an on-the-spot fine.
Jeju Airport – Domestic terminal
Outdoor smoking area
Outside only, from the 1st floor: one area about 150 m from Gate 1 and one about 20 m from Gate 5. There's no smoking room after security, so smoke before you go through.
Jeju Airport – International terminal
Indoor smoking room
Indoor smoking room on the 2nd floor near Gates 21–22.
Spots move and close — always look for the smoking-area sign before you light up.