Almost every English guide to Korea is a guide to Seoul. If you live in Busan, Incheon or anywhere else, these are your own city's desks — interpretation, counselling and local paperwork. Links only.
Your city has its own desk
Metropolitan governments run their own foreign resident services — free interpretation, help with local paperwork, and counselling. They are separate from the national desks and usually better staffed for everyday problems.
Busan Metropolitan City (English)The official website of Busan Metropolitan City. Find information about the city government, news, events, residents, business, recreation and tourism.busan.go.krBusan has the second-largest foreign population and its own support centre, which most national guides never mention.
Incheon Metropolitan City (English)Incheon Metropolitan Cityincheon.go.krUseful if you live near the airport or in the free economic zone, where the rules differ from the rest of the country.
If you are here with a family
Marriage, childbirth and children's schooling run through a separate national network with centres in most cities, and it offers interpretation in more languages than the general desks.
Danuri — Multicultural Family Support PortalThe national portal for multicultural families, with centre locations, counselling and multilingual guides.liveinkorea.krHas a multilingual helpline and local centres. This is the right door for family and schooling questions, not the immigration office.
Finding other people in your city
Two long-running expat networks that are organised by city rather than by country, so smaller cities actually show up.
Expat.com — South KoreaThe living in South Korea guide, written by expats for expatriates, will help you to settle down in South Korea. By expatriates, for expatriates. Find all the info you need to settle overseas.Expat.comThe forum is slow but searchable, and old threads about specific cities are often the only English record that exists.
Expats in South Korea - Meet other Expats - Find Forums & EventsShare tips and advice with expats living and working in South Korea. Ask them about banking, taxes, groups and the expat life in the country at our events.InterNationsEvents are the point here rather than the articles. Check whether a group meets in your city before signing up for anything paid.
Services differ by city and some are run by district rather than the metropolitan government, so it is worth calling before travelling to an office.
Where do you live, and what is the one thing you cannot find in English there?
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