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Korea study-related services & organizations
Services international students actually encounter, by category. Public bodies first, then alphabetical. Listing is a list, not an endorsement: we publish no rankings, ratings, or fee figures.
41 entries · official sites last checked 2026-09-02 · report errors: ceo@marketpilot.it
Government & public (free)
- Ministry of Employment and Labor Customer Counseling Center 1350고용노동부 고객상담센터 1350
Ministry of Employment and Labor counseling center (1350) offering phone, online and chat consultations on employment and labor matters.
Operator: Ministry of Employment and Labor · Languages: Korean (phone counseling can be connected to foreign-language interpretation)
- National Health Insurance Service – Guidance for Foreigners국민건강보험공단 외국인 안내
National Health Insurance Service pages for foreign residents on enrollment and contributions; call center 1577-1000.
Operator: National Health Insurance Service · Languages: English, Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese (site); call center 1577-1000
- National Pension Service – Lump-sum Refund for Foreigners국민연금공단 외국인 반환일시금 안내
National Pension Service page explaining eligibility and application procedure for the lump-sum refund paid to foreign subscribers.
Operator: National Pension Service · Languages: Korean (separate English and Chinese sites available); call center 1355
- Danuri Portal / Danuri Helpline 1577-1366다누리 한국생활안내
Government-run multilingual portal on living in Korea for immigrants and multicultural families, with the Danuri Helpline 1577-1366.
Operator: Ministry of Gender Equality and Family; Korean Institute for Healthy Family · Languages: 13 languages on the portal
- Korea Legal Aid Corporation (132)대한법률구조공단 법률상담 132
Public legal aid corporation under the Ministry of Justice providing legal consultation (hotline 132) and litigation support.
Operator: Korea Legal Aid Corporation (public agency under the Ministry of Justice) · Languages: Korean, English (site)
- Seoul Global Center (Seoul Foreign Resident Portal)서울글로벌센터
Seoul Metropolitan Government support facility for foreign residents offering living and stay counseling, education and cultural programs.
Operator: Seoul Metropolitan Government · Languages: Portal in Korean, English, Simplified Chinese and Vietnamese; on-site counseling also in Japanese, Russian, Mongolian, Nepali, Uzbek, Thai and more
- Immigration Contact Center 1345외국인종합안내센터 1345
Ministry of Justice telephone helpline (1345) providing immigration and stay guidance and three-way interpretation for foreigners in Korea.
Operator: Korea Immigration Service, Ministry of Justice · Languages: 20 languages by phone (Korean, English and Chinese from 18:00 to 22:00)
- Easy Law – International Students (Ministry of Government Legislation)찾기쉬운 생활법령정보 외국인유학생
Ministry of Government Legislation plain-language legal guide whose international-student topic covers entry, stay, daily life and part-time work rules.
Operator: Ministry of Government Legislation · Languages: Korean, plus 12 foreign-language editions (English, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Thai, Uzbek, Mongolian, Nepali, Bengali, Arabic, Khmer)
- HiKorea e-Government for ForeignersHiKorea 하이코리아 전자민원
Ministry of Justice e-government portal for immigration and stay applications, visit reservations and application status inquiries.
Operator: Korea Immigration Service, Ministry of Justice · Languages: Korean, English, Chinese
- Study Busan HubSTUDY BUSAN HUB 부산외국인유학생통합지원허브
Busan city and Busan Global City Foundation hub for international students in Busan offering settlement counseling, registration support and Korean classes.
Operator: Busan Metropolitan City and Busan Global City Foundation · Languages: Korean, English, Vietnamese, Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian
- Study in KoreaStudy in Korea 한국유학종합시스템
Korean government study-abroad portal run by NIIED (Ministry of Education) with university, scholarship, visa and employment information for international students.
Operator: National Institute for International Education (Ministry of Education) · Languages: 31 languages including Korean and English (per the site language selector)
Admissions info & study platforms
When using an agency or platform, pay tuition directly to the school and insist on an itemized quote.
- G9 Edu Korea지구유학 G9 Edu Korea
A Seoul-based study-abroad consultancy guiding international students on Korean university and language program admissions.
Operator: G9 Edu Korea (private, Seoul) · Languages: Korean (partly English)
- Go! Go! Hanguk
A Seoul-based service that helps international students apply to Korean language schools and universities and settle in.
Operator: Go! Go! Hanguk (private, office in Seongsu-dong, Seoul; founded 2016) · Languages: English, French, Italian, Spanish, German, Swedish, Japanese, Korean
- K-Study Times
A multilingual online newspaper covering Korean study-abroad, visa and university news and statistics in 14 languages.
Operator: GEA International Human Resources Development, an internet newspaper registered in Busan (Feb 2025) · Languages: 14 languages (Korean, English, Vietnamese, Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, Japanese, Burmese, Sinhala, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, French, Portuguese, Russian)
- KoreaAdmit
An English-language guide to applying to Korean universities, with a program directory, scholarship database and D-2 student visa information.
Operator: Independently operated (Seoul) · Languages: English, Vietnamese, Chinese, Russian, Uzbek, Mongolian, Hindi, Indonesian, Urdu
- UNIVijob
A Korean university information platform for international students covering programs, tuition and scholarships.
Operator: Foreedom, People&Dream and Win Korea (private, VIJOB group) · Languages: Korean, English, Vietnamese and more (counseling in 7 languages)
Visa & admin information apps
These are information/management tools. Paid filing of immigration matters is reserved for licensed practitioners.
- Nestia네스티아 Nestia
An app for foreigners in Korea that turns visa-type-specific administrative steps into to-do lists alongside daily-life guides.
Operator: Yawavi Corp. (private, registered in Incheon) · Languages: English, French
- Korea Visa Portal대한민국 비자포털 Korea Visa Portal
The Ministry of Justice Korea Visa Portal offering the visa navigator, e-visa applications and application status tracking.
Operator: Ministry of Justice (government) · Languages: Korean, English, Simplified Chinese
- VIVISA by YesFuture예스퓨처 VIVISA
An app for international students in Korea providing visa expiry reminders, extension and status-change procedure guides, and part-time job and living information.
Operator: YesFuture Co., Ltd. (private, Gangnam-gu, Seoul) · Languages: 9 languages (Korean, English, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Mongolian and more)
Housing
- Stayes스테이즈 Stayes
Real-estate platform listing Seoul studio rentals near universities for international students, with Korean, English and Chinese interfaces.
Operator: Stayes Inc. · Languages: Korean, English, Chinese
- Enkor Stay엔코스테이 Enkor Stay
Housing platform run by Enkorwithus that lists no-deposit, month-to-month rentals for foreign students and workers in Korea.
Operator: Enkorwithus Co., Ltd. · Languages: English, Korean
- Ziptoss집토스 ZIPTOSS
Seoul real-estate brokerage with directly operated branches that runs an English and Chinese service page for foreign residents.
Operator: Ziptoss Inc. · Languages: Korean, English, Chinese
Jobs & part-time work info
Students may work only after receiving a part-time work permit.
- Buddies Korea버디즈코리아 Buddies Korea
Job-listing platform for international students in Korea operated by Buddies Korea Inc.
Operator: Buddies Korea Inc. · Languages: Korean
- LACHA Jobs Board외국인 일자리 정보 보드 (라차)
Jobs information board run in trial by LACHA (this site's operator): postings only, no matching or brokering.
Operator: LACHA (operator of this site); job-information provision model, filing planned, trial operation · Languages: 14 languages
- JobPloy잡플로이 JobPloy
Multilingual (12-language) job platform listing positions for foreign workers in Korea, operated by Jobploy Co., Ltd.
Operator: Jobploy Co., Ltd. · Languages: 12 languages including Korean, English, Vietnamese, Mongolian, Uzbek, Indonesian, Thai, Nepali, Japanese, Chinese and Burmese
- KOWORK코워크 KOWORK
Recruitment platform connecting foreign job seekers with Korean employers through job postings and resume tools, in Korean and English.
Operator: Kowork Withus Co., Ltd. · Languages: Korean, English
- K-HIREK-HIRE 케이하이어
Job and living-information platform for foreigners in Korea run by Albacheonguk's operator Media Will Networks, with job listings, nationality-based community boards and visa information.
Operator: Mediawill Networks (operator of Albacheonguk) · Languages: Korean, English
- KOTRA Global Talent Center (Contact KOREA)KOTRA 글로벌인재센터 Contact KOREA
KOTRA-run site where foreign talent register CVs for matching with Korean employers and find information on the government-backed Global Talent Fair.
Operator: KOTRA, Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (public agency under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy) · Languages: English, Korean
Korean learning, tests & programs
- Nuri-Sejonghakdang (Online King Sejong Institute)누리-세종학당
Online Korean-learning portal of the King Sejong Institute Foundation with textbooks, lessons, dictionaries and level tests.
Operator: King Sejong Institute Foundation (public agency under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) · Languages: Korean, English
- Korea Immigration and Integration Program (Socinet)사회통합프로그램 KIIP
Ministry of Justice site for applying to and checking evaluation schedules of the Korea Immigration and Integration Program (KIIP).
Operator: Ministry of Justice · Languages: Korean (some English labels)
- Online King Sejong Institute온라인 세종학당
Online Korean language learning platform run by the King Sejong Institute Foundation with courses from beginner to advanced levels.
Operator: King Sejong Institute Foundation (under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) · Languages: About 25 languages (English, Vietnamese, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Indonesian, Mongolian, Uzbek and more)
- Teuida트이다 Teuida
Mobile app from Seoul-based startup Teuida for practicing spoken Korean through speech-recognition conversation scenarios.
Operator: Teuida Inc. · Languages: English, Vietnamese, Portuguese and more (app UI)
- Talk To Me In Korean (TTMIK)Talk To Me In Korean
Seoul-based online Korean course and textbook platform operating since 2009, with an English-language interface.
Operator: G9 Ltd. (Mapo-gu, Seoul) · Languages: English (UI)
- TOPIK (Test of Proficiency in Korean)TOPIK 한국어능력시험
Official TOPIK site run by NIIED for exam registration, schedules and score inquiries.
Operator: National Institute for International Education (Ministry of Education) · Languages: Korean, English, Chinese
Communities
- Vietnamese Students' Association in Korea (VSAK)주한 베트남 유학생회 VSAK
Umbrella association of Vietnamese students in Korea sharing chapter news, scholarships and events via its official site and Facebook page (FPVSAK).
Operator: Vietnamese Students' Association in Korea (non-profit student body supported by the Embassy of Vietnam in Korea) · Languages: Vietnamese (some English menus)
- Fenhan / Struggle in Korea (icnkr.com)奋斗在韩国 펀한왕
Chinese-language community forum and portal for Chinese residents and students in Korea covering jobs, housing and daily-life information.
Operator: ICNKR (Fenhan) · Languages: Chinese (Simplified and Traditional)
Remittance (registered providers)
Only MOEF-registered small-sum remittance providers are listed (registration numbers shown). Person-to-person currency swaps are illegal.
- SentBe센트비 SentBe
Registered small-amount overseas remittance provider (MOEF reg. no. 2017-12, listed in the FSS registry) offering personal international money transfers.
Operator: SentBe Inc. · Languages: Customer support in 15 languages (per company information)
- WireBarley와이어바알리 WireBarley
Registered small-amount overseas remittance provider (MOEF reg. no. 2018-8, listed in the FSS registry) operating an 11-language money-transfer app.
Operator: WireBarley Corp. · Languages: 11 languages including Korean, English, Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai and Filipino
- E9pay이나인페이 E9pay
Registered small-amount overseas remittance provider (MOEF reg. no. 2017-1, listed in the FSS registry) offering international transfers in 10 languages.
Operator: E9pay Co., Ltd. · Languages: Korean, English, Chinese, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Sinhala, Khmer, Russian, Uzbek, Mongolian
- Hanpass한패스 Hanpass
Registered small-amount overseas remittance provider (MOEF reg. no. 2017-11, listed in the FSS registry) operating a money-transfer app for foreign residents in Korea.
Operator: Hanpass Co., Ltd. · Languages: Multilingual customer service in Korean, English, Chinese, Vietnamese, Nepali, Indonesian, Russian and more
- GME Remittance (Global Money Express)GME 글로벌머니익스프레스
Registered small-amount overseas remittance provider (MOEF reg. no. 2017-2, listed in the FSS registry) with a 19-language money-transfer service.
Operator: Global Money Express Co., Ltd. · Languages: 19 languages including English, Korean, Vietnamese, Nepali, Uzbek, Mongolian, Thai and Indonesian