Free tools for living in Korea

Open HWP and HWPX files from Hangul (한글) in your browser and save them as PDF, Word or images. Turns PDF and Word files into HWP too. Nothing is uploaded.

Life admin

Search your Korean address and get the English version and the 5-digit postcode, ready to copy.

Life admin

See your name written in Hangul the way Koreans spell it, hear it read aloud, and turn Korean names into English.

Language

Type in Korean online with an on-screen Hangul keyboard, then copy it or search it on Naver Map.

Language

See any number or price in Korean, in 만 and 억 units, and decode rent listings like 500/50.

Language

See your international age (만 나이), year age and traditional Korean age, count D-day, or find the date 100 days from any start date.

Everyday

Count characters with and without spaces and in bytes, and see how many you have left in your cover letter answer.

Jobs

Convert solar and lunar (음력) dates in one tap, find your lunar birthday this year, and see every 2026 and 2027 public holiday.

Everyday

Convert pyeong (평) and square meters both ways, and work out the supply area of a Korean apartment listing.

Housing

Make a passport or ARC photo, or a 3 x 4 cm 반명함 photo, from your own picture. Download it, or print 8 on one sheet.

Documents

Generate a Korean-format resume with the fields employers actually expect: photo placeholder, visa status, TOPIK level, Korean and English name. Live preview, print to PDF.

Jobs

Enter your gross salary to see your Korean take-home pay after income tax, health insurance, and pension.

Finances

Check whether you qualify for Korea's E-7 specialty work visa. Covers all four sub-types with 2026 salary thresholds, ministry recommendation flags, and the K-Point calculator for E-9 conversion.

Visas

Estimate your Korean severance (퇴직금) under the statutory 30-day formula. Base salary, allowances, bonus, years of service, and retirement tax.

Finances

Estimate your monthly burn in Korea by neighborhood, unit type, lifestyle tier, and household size. Rent, utilities, food, transport, insurance — line by line.

Finances

Find out if you qualify for Korean permanent residency. Covers the 4 most common F-5 pathways and tells you exactly what's missing. Income tied to current GNI.

Visas

Live countdown to every TOPIK sitting in Korea. PBT, IBT, and Speaking dates with registration windows and results dates. Source: NIIED.

TOPIK

Check the legal maximum commission before you pay. Korean agent fees are capped by law. Takes 30 seconds.

Housing

ARC registration, bank account, NHI enrollment, utilities, and everything else you need in your first weeks. Check items off as you go.

Life admin

Enter your measurements in centimetres and get the Korean standard size designation for that garment. Built on KS K 0051:2025, KS K 0050:2025, and millimetre shoe sizing under KS M ISO9407:2019.

Life admin

Answer a few questions to see the Korean visa category that fits your situation. Covers E-9, E-7, F-2, F-4, F-6, and more.

Visas

See if a city or county is on Korea's 2026 population-decline area list (인구감소지역), the areas tied to regional visas like F-2-R.

Visas

Add up your score for the F-2-7 points-based residence visa (점수제 우수인재): age, education, Korean, income, bonus and deductions. You need 80 points.

Visas

Turn Korea's 2026 and 2027 minimum wage (최저임금) into weekly, monthly, and yearly pay for your own hours, with the official 209-hour monthly figure.

Jobs

See the most a Korean job agency (유료직업소개소) can charge you and the employer. For most jobs, your share is at most 1% of up to 3 months' wages.

Jobs

See how much income tax you can claim back for 2021 to 2025: the SME youth tax reduction, missed family members and the monthly rent credit.

Finances

Six questions on your visa, Korean level, education, and field. See what your visa allows and a filtered list of live Korea jobs that fit.

Jobs

Paste a Korean job posting and see each hiring term explained: 정규직, 계약직, 우대사항, 경력무관, 4대보험, 퇴직금, and 70+ more.

Jobs

Check your weekly holiday allowance (주휴수당) from your hourly wage and schedule. See if you qualify at 15+ hours a week, your weekly total, and a monthly estimate.

Jobs

Estimate Korean unemployment benefit (실업급여): daily amount after the 2026 cap and floor, 120 to 270 benefit days, and whether your visa is covered.

Finances

Pick your starting level, target level, and a 2026 sitting. Get weeks available, weekly study hours, milestone phases, and a realism check.

TOPIK