This paper aims to increase the accessibility of primary health care services in vulnerable areas by telemedicine to resolve the problems of health imbalance caused by the increase in the number of chronic diseases such as high blood pressure and diabetes, the imbalance of medical demand and supply, and the continuous rise of medical expenses due to the super-aging of Korea. On the other hand, telemedicine in China, a neighboring country of Korea, can be seen growing and developing day by day. In order to explore the problems of telemedicine and the future direction in Korea, a comparative analysis of telemedicine between China and Korea was conducted. The background, policies, and some cases of telemedicine in China and Korea were investigated, and a comparison was made in terms of legal and financial support and provision standards. First, China government legally permits telemedicine and regulates basic principles, which is administered by the National Health and Family Planning Commission of the PRC and tries to promote telemedicine through procurement of guidelines. On the other hand, even though Korea has attempted to allow the legal of telemedicine, it has not been able to implement or even revise the law due to opposition from the medical community. Second, consumers of medical services in China can receive remote medical treatment, counseling, prescriptions, and delivery from medical personnel. However, only remote consultation between local and remote locations was mainly conducted in Korea. Third, telemedicine is not yet covered by health insurance both in China and Korea, and when China, which provides a wide variety of telemedicine services, attempt to expand the application of medical fees, Korea also discussed whether to apply for health insurance for telemedicine services. Consequently, Korea's telemedicine is not limited to pilot projects and research over the past 20 years, but it is necessary to revise the legal system that takes into account the needs of actual medical consumers and the cost-effective aspects of medical resources, and also gradually expand telemedicine through social consensus with the medical community.