The government has begun blocking direct purchases of GLP-1 obesity drugs overseas in the wake of the ‘Wegovy’ craze.

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (Minister: Yu-Kyung Oh) and Korea Customs Service (Comissioner: Kwanghyo Ko) announced on the 22nd that they would block the direct purchase of recently launched GLP-1-based obesity drugs via overseas online platforms and bringing them into Korea.

They also said they are actively cracking down on illegal sales and advertisements online and via social media.

The MFDS has asked major online shopping malls to set ‘Wegovy,’ ‘Saxenda,’ ‘diet pills,’ and ‘slimming pills’ as prohibited words and requested their cooper