90DaysKorea Editorial Team

Your First 30 Days in Korea: The Week-by-Week Plan (2026)

August 20, 2026 by 90DaysKorea Editorial Team

Your first 30 days in Korea — the week-by-week settling-in plan for new arrivals

A week-by-week plan for your first 30 days in Korea: SIM and T-money on day one, the HiKorea appointment in week two, then banking, apps and real life.

Extending Your Stay in Korea Online: The HiKorea e-Application Guide (2026)

August 8, 2026 by 90DaysKorea Editorial Team

Two different application windows shown on one timeline — the general four-month window, and the narrower 60-to-3-day window for online applications, with six excluded residence statuses listed beside it

Last updated: August 2026 This is general information, not legal or immigration advice. Extension rules depend on your residence status and your individual circumstances, and they change. Confirm anything that affects your status with the official sources at the end, or with the immigration contact centre, before you act. Almost every English-language guide to extending … Read more

Moving to Korea: The Complete Settling-In Checklist (2026)

August 10, 2026August 8, 2026 by 90DaysKorea Editorial Team

A dependency chain drawn as connected doors — residence card unlocks bank account, which unlocks payment apps, which unlock delivery and shopping, with a name-mismatch warning sitting in front of all of them

Last updated: August 2026 Every settling-in list for Korea tells you the same things: get your residence card, open a bank account, buy a SIM. Fine. But they hand you a flat list, and Korea does not work like a flat list. It works like a chain. Your bank account waits on your residence card. … Read more

Driving in Korea: Exchanging Your Foreign License (2026)

August 10, 2026August 8, 2026 by 90DaysKorea Editorial Team

A countdown from an international driving permit to a Korean licence card, with two paths marked — a recognised country needing only a medical check, and a non-recognised country needing the written test

Last updated: August 2026 This is general information, not legal advice. Licensing rules and fees change, and some conditions depend on the country that issued your licence. Confirm anything that affects your application with the official sources at the end. Nobody plans for this one. You arrived with an international driving permit, used it a … Read more

Coupang & Online Shopping in Korea for Foreigners (2026)

August 10, 2026August 8, 2026 by 90DaysKorea Editorial Team

Two tracks shown as cards — a passport marked with a red cross for no online application and a customs office visit, and a residence card marked with a green check for applying online and getting the customs code right away

Last updated: August 2026 This is general information, not legal or customs advice. Customs rules and company policies change. Confirm anything that affects money or a shipment with the official sources linked at the end. Coupang is how Korea shops. Order at midnight and a box is often at your door before work. Then you … Read more

Kakao Pay for Foreigners: Setup, Naver Pay & Fixes (2026)

August 10, 2026August 8, 2026 by 90DaysKorea Editorial Team

The three things a Korean payment app checks, shown as a stacked list — a Korean mobile line in your own name, a residence card linked to that line, and a card issued in Korea — beside the title of the guide

Last updated: August 2026 You did everything in the right order. Residence card, bank account, a Korean debit card in your wallet right now. Then you install Kakao Pay, tap through four screens, and something stops you cold — a verification step that fails, or a card registration refused with no useful explanation. The natural … Read more

Taxis in Korea: Kakao T, Uber & No-App Options (2026)

August 7, 2026 by 90DaysKorea Editorial Team

Three ways to get a taxi in Korea shown as cards — hailing by app with Kakao T or Uber, hailing on the street with your hand up, and the official airport taxi stand — next to a flat illustration of a Seoul taxi

Last updated: August 2026 Taxis in Korea look like the easy part. There are a lot of them, they cost less than you are used to paying, and they are clean. Then you stand at the curb with your arm out, three taxis with the red vacant light on drive straight past, and you start … Read more

Chuseok for Foreigners: What Closes, What Opens (2026)

August 7, 2026 by 90DaysKorea Editorial Team

Chuseok decoded — what closes and what opens in Korea during the September 2026 holiday

Chuseok 2026 falls on Friday 25 September. What actually closes, what stays open, when Chuseok train tickets go on sale, and how to find a pharmacy.

Food Delivery Apps in Korea: Baemin vs Coupang Eats (2026)

August 7, 2026 by 90DaysKorea Editorial Team

Delivery apps decoded — Baemin, Coupang Eats and Yogiyo guide for foreigners in Korea

Baemin added English in 2026. A practical guide to food delivery apps in Korea for new residents: foreign cards, ID verification, single-portion orders.

Naengmyeon: The Cold Noodle Guide Nobody Gives Foreigners

August 8, 2026July 31, 2026 by 90DaysKorea Editorial Team

Naengmyeon decoded — Korean cold noodles guide with buckwheat allergy warning

Last updated: July 2026 Every summer, Korea runs on cold noodles. Queues form outside noodle houses before they open, offices empty at noon, and somebody will absolutely tell you that the place they go to is the only real one. Then you sit down, and the menu says 물냉면 and 비빔냉면, and you pick one … Read more