Hey UVers!
Still have interests in the Asian vaping culture? Our 5th station of vaping culture exploration will chase clouds from Seoul’s neon-lit Hongdae streets to Busan’s coastal cafes. Let’s unpack South Korea’s vaping scene—a mix of tech obsession, K-beauty-level aesthetics, and a Jangnan (passionate) community that thrives under strict regulations.
1. Regulatory Tightrope
South Korea has adopted stricter regulations on e-cigarettes, especially in response to rising youth usage. Recently, Gangdong District of Seoul conducted extensive inspections of e-cigarette retailers, targeting 35 establishments and emphasizing the seriousness of e-cigarette use among teenagers.
Also, E-cigarettes in South Korea have a number of taxes and charges applied to them (national health promotion, tobacco consumption, local education, and individual consumption taxes) proportional to 1,799 won per ml (approx. $1.53 USD) of nicotine liquid. There is also a waste charge of 24 won/20 cartridges (approx. $0.02 USD) and a 10% Value Added Tax (VAT).
Sounds awesome would be good though if the waste charge would go to charity as liquids already taxed .
And the Bluetooth being so popular there and vaperesso being top choice does that mean vaperesso are swayed towards Bluetooth to remain on top ? I’m tempted to purchase the cool looking Apex to try it out as it gets great reviews and has that great tip like a 5.10. Love the choice of flavours they sound Yummy.
Maybe you can consider Vibe series.
They have an amazing flavour. I gonna to say it is better than all other refillables.
Just like Porsche’s position in sports cars
Yeah, you should try the sleek APEX, of course with the typical Korean flavor. btw, the bluetooth? Personally, it will be a basic function for vape in a near future, but right now, its application is not yet mature.
Hi, I just got signed up today to this fantastic community, cause my daily drivers are Eco nano 2 and Xros 5 mini.(Also sometimes Vibe. I’m a MTL vaper so armour ans luxe series are not my consideration)
I live in South Korea and as I found this post, I was so surprised that it literally describes the vaping circumstances exactly that I know.
In South Korra, Vaporesso products are very popular, especially Xros series.
Also Apex has many users cause it holds 5 ml e liquid with high adjustable power.
As mentioned in the post, the regulation of e-liquid here is very strict, however synthetic nicotines like tobacco-free nic are not in thd regulation so almost all ejuice companies put synthetic nic in them, but if it exceeds 1% nic level, ejuice is regulated as highly toxic chemical so most of the juice only contain 1%.
1% juices are sooooo smooth that they barely have throat hit with low wattege pod or coils, so in Korea high power with large capacity pod devices are popular so that Apex is really good choice for Koreans.
I’m afraid they don’t have alcohol. But you can mix them in your oral~ 
