Useful tools
Quick references you'll actually use.
🚨 Emergency numbers
💱 Exchange rates (KRW)
Approximate rates — check your bank for exact rates
🇺🇸 USD
₩1,380
🇪🇺 EUR
₩1,500
🇬🇧 GBP
₩1,750
🇯🇵 JPY (100)
₩890
🇨🇳 CNY
₩190
🇨🇦 CAD
₩1,010
🇦🇺 AUD
₩910
🇸🇬 SGD
₩1,030
🇵🇭 PHP
₩24
💡 Best rates: Wise, SentBe, or cash at Myeongdong exchange
🔄 Quick converter
= ₩138,000
📍 Korean address cheat sheet
Korean addresses read backwards. Here's how to decode them:
서울시 강남구 역삼동 123-45
= 123-45, Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul
| 시/도 | City/Province (서울시 = Seoul) |
| 구 | District (강남구 = Gangnam-gu) |
| 동/로 | Neighborhood/Road (역삼동 = Yeoksam-dong) |
| 번지 | Building number |
| 층 | Floor (3층 = 3F) |
| 호 | Unit (301호 = Unit 301) |
💡 For delivery: copy-paste Korean address. For taxi: show the Korean text or use Naver/Kakao Map.
📐 Korea-specific conversions
| Apartment size | 1평 = 3.3㎡ = 35.5 sq ft |
| Shoe size | 260 = US 8 / EU 41 |
| Temperature | Korea uses Celsius (20°C = 68°F) |
| Floor numbering | 1층 = ground floor (no "0" floor) |
| Age | Korean age abolished 2023. Use birthday age. |
| Date format | YYYY.MM.DD (2026.06.12) |
🌍 By nationality
Embassies & specific info
🇺🇸 USA
02-397-4114
K-ETA not required
🇬🇧 UK
02-3210-5500
K-ETA not required
🇨🇦 Canada
02-3783-6000
K-ETA not required
🇦🇺 Australia
02-2003-0100
K-ETA not required
🇯🇵 Japan
02-2170-5200
Visa-free 90 days
🇵🇭 Philippines
02-796-7387
Visa required