South Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a special travel advisory for Indonesia’s Central Kalimantan province, effective from 00:00 on October 24.
The ministry said smoke from fires in Kalimantan had continued for four months. Air quality in Central Kalimantan had reached levels that threaten health, cases of acute respiratory infections had increased, and air traffic had suffered significant disruption.
From August 17 to October 20, 2026, the province recorded 314,124 cases of acute respiratory infections. A total of 2,604 flights were disrupted during the period.
The ministry urged South Korean citizens planning to visit the province to cancel or postpone their trips. Those already there were advised to take special care and move to a safe area unless they had an urgent reason to remain.
South Korea’s foreign ministry said it would continue monitoring the fires in Indonesia and review whether further changes to travel advisories were needed.
A level-two advisory, urging travellers to reconsider trips, applies to West Papua, Papua, Maluku and Aceh provinces. A level-one advisory, urging caution, applies to all other areas outside Central Kalimantan and those provinces.
