It USED to be OTC in Korea, but I'm pretty sure they just passed a law that makes it mandatory to have a prescription for all meds. During the semester, I tutor people in math, as well as English as a second language. This Korean girl I tutor in English and I were just talking about that last week, and she mentioned this exact subject. Actually we were talking about state funded health care. Out of the blue she just said that the government was now making doctor's 'scripts mandatory. Before that, I guess you could just walk in and get anything! I wonder why you don't see more jacked Koreans?