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Life in Korea, from both sides of the glass.
Practical guides for living in Korea — in English, Japanese, and Korean. When a blog post isn’t enough, ask me directly.
150+ guides · EN / JA / KO · Based in Gyeonggi, Korea
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Hi, I’m Jin.
Korean outside, confused expat inside.
I dream of a more foreigner-friendly Korea — so I built this site to help foreigners thrive here. I share practical tips for everyday life in Korea, and when a blog post isn’t enough, there’s JustAskJin for the hard stuff.
Stuck on something a blog post can’t solve?
JustAskJin is a personal concierge for foreigners in Korea — real answers from a real local, in your language.
Ask in your language
EN, JA, or KO — answered by one person, not a call center.
Real-life problems
Housing, hospitals, paperwork, phone plans — the stuff with no good search result.
Local and bilingual
A Korean who’s lived abroad and knows exactly what confuses you.
KOREAN LESSONS
Survival Korean, taught 1-on-1.
Online lessons built around the situations you’ll actually face — the pharmacy counter, the delivery call, your landlord’s texts. Taught in Japanese or English, one student at a time, by someone who learned languages the hard way too.
One useful email about life in Korea.
What changed at immigration, what I’m reading, and one place worth your weekend. Once a month.